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'Well, I can speak for meself, replied Harlow amid laughter. 'It takes me all my bloody time to pay my rent and other expenses and to keep my little lot in shoe leather, and it's dam little I spend on beer; p'r'aps a tanner or a bob a week at the most. 'A single man can save money if he likes, said Slyme. 'I'm not speaking of single men, replied Owen.
Sir, you have seen my friend Slyme? 'No doubt, said Mr Pinch. 'Sir, you have been impressed by my friend Slyme? 'Not very pleasantly, I must say, answered Tom, after a little hesitation. 'I am grieved but not surprised, cried Mr Tigg, detaining him with both hands, 'to hear that you have come to that conclusion; for it is my own.
Any other man in the wide world, I am equal to; but Slyme is, I frankly confess, a great many cuts above me. Therefore you are wrong. 'I judged from this, said Mr Pecksniff, holding out the cover of the letter. 'No doubt you did, returned the gentleman. 'But, Mr Pecksniff, the whole thing resolves itself into an instance of the peculiarities of genius.
As time went on, they sold nearly everything that was saleable, except of course, the things that were obtained on the hire system. Slyme could see that they were getting very much into debt and behind with the rent, and on two occasions already Easton had borrowed five shillings from him, which he might never be able to pay back.
It was plain from Easton's appearance and manner that he had been drinking, but Ruth did not reproach him in any way; on the contrary, she seemed almost feverishly anxious to attend to his comfort. When Slyme finished cleaning his boots he went upstairs to his room, receiving a careless greeting from Easton as he passed through the kitchen.
'But we 'adn't nothing to do to speak of, so my son told 'im we'd do 'em for five bob a set, and 'e said 'e'd let us know, but we ain't 'eard nothing from 'im yet, so I thought I'd try and see 'im tonight. Well, you'll find 'im in there now, said Slyme with a peculiar look, and walking faster. 'Good night. 'I won't take 'em on for no less! cried the old man as he turned back.
'Has anyone seen old Jack Linden since 'e got the push? inquired Harlow during breakfast. 'I seen 'im Saterdy, said Slyme. 'Is 'e doin' anything? 'I don't know: I didn't 'ave time to speak to 'im. 'No, 'e ain't got nothing, remarked Philpot. 'I seen 'im Saterdy night, an' 'e told me 'e's been walkin' about ever since.
The baby took the ring out of its mouth and shaking the rattle frantically in the air laughed and crowed merrily, looking at Slyme. 'Dad! Dad! Dad! he cried, holding out his arms. Slyme and Ruth burst out laughing. 'That's not your Dad, you silly boy, she said, kissing the child as she spoke. 'Your dad ought to be ashamed of himself for staying out like this.
As the work in the drawing-room proceeded, Crass abandoned the hope that Owen was going to make a mess of it. Some of the rooms upstairs being now ready for papering, Slyme was started on that work, Bert being taken away from Owen to assist Slyme as paste boy, and it was arranged that Crass should help Owen whenever he needed someone to lend him a hand.
"Only Gregory Slyme," returns Dulce, quickly, "you are not frightened at him, poor old thing, are you? Have you not seen him before?" "No," says Portia, with a shudder and a backward glance at the shrunken figure creeping away down the corridor as if ashamed of itself. "No? that is strange; but he has affected his own room a good deal of late." "But who is he?" anxiously.
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