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'And whatever we are to say to you, sir, exclaimed Mrs Kenwigs, addressing young Lillyvick's deliverer, 'I am sure I don't know. 'You need say nothing at all, replied Nicholas. 'I have done nothing to found any very strong claim upon your eloquence, I am sure. 'He might have been burnt to death, if it hadn't been for you, sir, simpered Miss Petowker.
'That I am sure I shall' replied the collector, glancing at the punch-mixer. 'Well then, I'll tell you what, said Mrs Kenwigs, 'Morleena shall do the steps, if uncle can persuade Miss Petowker to recite us the Blood-Drinker's Burial, afterwards.
The company being all ready, Miss Petowker hummed a tune, and Morleena danced a dance; having previously had the soles of her shoes chalked, with as much care as if she were going on the tight-rope. It was a very beautiful figure, comprising a great deal of work for the arms, and was received with unbounded applause.
Miss Petowker grasped the collector's hand, but emotion choked her utterance. 'Is the sight of me so dreadful, Henrietta Petowker? said the collector. 'Oh no, no, no, rejoined the bride; 'but all the friends the darling friends of my youthful days to leave them all it is such a shock!
With such expressions of sorrow, Miss Petowker went on to enumerate the dear friends of her youthful days one by one, and to call upon such of them as were present to come and embrace her.
Look here; what do you think of this? With this inquiry Mr Crummles unfolded a red poster, and a blue poster, and a yellow poster, at the top of each of which public notification was inscribed in enormous characters 'First appearance of the unrivalled Miss Petowker of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane! 'Dear me! said Nicholas, 'I know that lady.
The unhappy collector looked piteously at his wife, as if to see whether there was any one trait of Miss Petowker left in Mrs Lillyvick, and finding too surely that there was not, begged pardon of all the company with great humility, and sat down such a crest-fallen, dispirited, disenchanted man, that despite all his selfishness and dotage, he was quite an object of compassion.
There was a great clapping of hands and stamping of feet, at this proposition; the subject whereof, gently inclined her head several times, in acknowledgment of the reception. 'You know, said Miss Petowker, reproachfully, 'that I dislike doing anything professional in private parties. 'Oh, but not here! said Mrs Kenwigs.
But, in this latter respect he was mistaken; for whether Mr Vincent Crummles had paved the way, or Miss Petowker had some special reason for treating him with even more than her usual amiability their meeting at the theatre next day was more like that of two dear friends who had been inseparable from infancy, than a recognition passing between a lady and gentleman who had only met some half-dozen times, and then by mere chance.
Nicholas left them to enjoy their mirth together, and walked to his lodgings; wondering very much what mystery connected with Miss Petowker could provoke such merriment, and pondering still more on the extreme surprise with which that lady would regard his sudden enlistment in a profession of which she was such a distinguished and brilliant ornament.
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