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And then Sir Warwick would go on looking through his millstone as though now he really had a hope of seeing something, and Sir Gregory would lean back in his chair, and rubbing his hands slowly over each other, like a great Akinetos as he was, wait leisurely for Mr. Oldeschole's answer, or rather for his no answer.
What if the Times should print it and send it over the whole world, accompanied by a few of its most venomous touches, to the eternal disgrace of the Internal Navigation, and probably utter annihilation of Mr. Oldeschole's official career! An example must be made! Yes, an example must be made. Messengers were sent off scouring the town for Mr.
I'll come to the 'Cat and Whistle' on Tuesday. 'Gammon! said the eloquent lady. 'You know you means gammon. Charley, perhaps, did mean gammon; but he protested that he had never been more truthfully in earnest in his life. Mr. Oldeschole's door opened, and Mrs. Davis perceiving it, whipped out her handkerchief in haste, and again began wiping her eyes, not without audible sobs.
Snape, if you walk about so much, said he. Mr. Snape merely looked at him, and then hard at Mrs. Davis, and passed on to Mr. Oldeschole's room. 'Well, Mr. Tudor, will you be so good as to tell me what it is you're going to do about this poor girl? 'My goodness, Mrs. Davis, you know how I am situated how can you expect me to give an answer to such a question in such a place as this?
'If you are an honest man, as I take you, there is only one thing to settle; when do you mean to marry her? 'Hush! said Charley; for, as she was speaking, Mr. Snape came down the passage leading from Mr. Oldeschole's room. 'Hush! Mr. Snape as he passed walked very slowly, and looked curiously round into the widow's face.
Charley was rather a favourite with Mr. Oldeschole, having been appointed by himself at the instance of Mr. Oldeschole's great friend, Sir Gilbert de Salop; and he was, moreover, the best- looking of the whole lot of navvies; but he was no favourite with Mr. Snape. 'Poor Screwy it will be all up with him, said Charley. 'He might just as well have gone on with his party and had his fun out.
Just at this moment Mr. Snape again appeared in the passage, going towards Mr. Oldeschole's room. The pernicious old man! He hated Charley Tudor; and, to tell the truth, there was no love lost between them. Charley, afflicted and out of spirits as he was at the moment, could not resist the opportunity of being impertinent to his old foe: 'I'm afraid you'll make yourself very tired, Mr.
'Confound the woman! said Charley to himself; 'what on earth shall I do with her? Mr. Oldeschole's door opened, and out of it came Mr. Oldeschole, and Mr. Snape following him. What means the clerk had used to bring forth the Secretary need not now be inquired. Forth they both came, and passed along the passage, brushing close by Charley and Mrs. Davis; Mr.
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