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"Why, really," said Tomlinson, "women are like those calculations in arithmetic, which one can never bring to an exact account; for my part, I shall stuff my calves, and look out for a widow. You, my good fellow, seem to stand a fair chance with Miss " "Oh, name her not!" cried Clifford, colouring, even through the flush which wine had spread over his countenance.
"Ah, madam," said Tomlinson, stretching forth his hand, "you would play me false, would you? Treachery should never go unpunished. Favour me instantly with the little ornament round your neck!" "I cannot, I cannot!" said Lucy, grasping her treasure with both her hands; "it is my mother's picture, and my mother is dead!"
They had proceeded without speaking for two or three miles, when Long Ned, fixing his eyes on Tomlinson, exclaimed, "Do you know, Tomlinson, I think it was a burning shame in Lovett to suffer us to be carried off like muttons, without attempting to rescue us by the way! It is all his fault that we are here; for it was he whom Nabbem wanted, not us."
"Part!" said the subtilizing Tomlinson. "He has nine times as many parts as we have already. Is he not a critic, and has he not the parts of speech at his fingers' end?" "Nonsense!" said MacGrawler, instinctively holding up his hands, with the fork dropping between the outstretched fingers of the right palm. "Nonsense yourself," cried Ned; "you have a share in what you never took!
Your first adventure was house breaking, I think I have heard you say. I confess it was a vulgar debut, not worthy of you!" "No! Harry Cook seduced me; but the specimen I saw that night disgusted me of picking locks; it brings one in contact with such low companions. Only think, there was a merchant, a rag-merchant, one of the party!" "Faugh!" said Tomlinson, in solemn disgust.
I told him about Robinson, to encourage him, and the story made a great impression. "Say, that was a great scheme, eh?" he kept repeating. He had no command of words, and always said the same thing over and over. A few days later I met Tomlinson in the street with a valise in his hand. "Where are you going?" I asked. "I'm off to Mexico," he answered.
Doubly was Paul's reverence for Mr. Augustus Tomlinson increased by a sight of his abode. He found him settled in a polite part of the town, in a very spruce parlour, the contents of which manifested the universal genius of the inhabitant. It hath been objected unto us, by a most discerning critic, that we are addicted to the drawing of "universal geniuses."
"What I like about you, Tomlinson, is your restraint," said Furneaux. "Many a man would have offered to fast a week, not meaning to deny himself a toothful five minutes longer than was avoidable. Now you really mean what you say Ah, this is Mr. Robert's den. And that is his bedroom, with dressing-room adjoining. Very cozy, to be sure.
"Whoever it was that came this way, he didn't take much trouble to hide his tracks," he said. The Scotland Yard experts were so obviously impressed that the Inspector tried a higher flight. "They're a man's boots," he continued. "We needn't have worried Tomlinson to gather the maids' footgear." Furneaux left two neat imprints in the damp soil.
"Bravo!" cried Tomlinson. "And now that that is settled, the sooner you are inaugurated the better. Since the starlight has shone forth, I see that I am in a place I ought to be very well acquainted with; or, if you like to be suspicious, you may believe that I have brought you purposely in this direction.
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