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'I hope, Towlinson, says Miss Tox, who, in her instruction of the Toodle family, has acquired an admonitorial tone, and a habit of improving passing occasions, 'that what has happened here, will be a warning to you, Towlinson. 'Thank you, Miss, I'm sure, says Towlinson.
Miss Tox had great experience in hackney cabs, and her starting in one was generally a work of time, as she was systematic in the preparatory arrangements. 'Have the goodness, if you please, Towlinson, said Miss Tox, 'first of all, to carry out a pen and ink and take his number legibly. 'Yes, Miss, said Towlinson.
The women, led by Mrs Perch and Cook, often repeat 'a hun-dred thou-sand pound! with awful satisfaction as if handling the words were like handling the money; and the housemaid, who has her eye on Mr Towlinson, wishes she had only a hundredth part of the sum to bestow on the man of her choice.
'Then, if you please, Towlinson, said Miss Tox, 'have the goodness to turn the cushion. Which, said Miss Tox apart to Mrs Chick, 'is generally damp, my dear. 'Yes, Miss, said Towlinson. 'I'll trouble you also, if you please, Towlinson, said Miss Tox, 'with this card and this shilling. He's to drive to the card, and is to understand that he will not on any account have more than the shilling.
She's gone, and well got rid of. Nobody wants her back, I should think! This hint of the Peruvian Mines, causes Miss Tox to rise to go away; when Mrs Pipchin rings the bell for Towlinson to show her out, Mr Towlinson, not having seen Miss Tox for ages, grins, and hopes she's well; observing that he didn't know her at first, in that bonnet. 'Pretty well, Towlinson, I thank you, says Miss Tox.
'No, Miss, said Towlinson. 'And I'm sorry to give you so much trouble, Towlinson, said Miss Tox, looking at him pensively. 'Not at all, Miss, said Towlinson. 'Mention to the man, then, if you please, Towlinson, said Miss Tox, 'that the lady's uncle is a magistrate, and that if he gives her any of his impertinence he will be punished terribly.
'I've got a brother down in the country Miss a farmer in Essex said the heart-broken Nipper, 'that keeps ever so many co-o-ows and pigs and I shall go down there by the coach and sto-op with him, and don't mind me, for I've got money in the Savings Banks my dear, and needn't take another service just yet, which I couldn't, couldn't, couldn't do, my heart's own mistress! Susan finished with a burst of sorrow, which was opportunely broken by the voice of Mrs Pipchin talking downstairs; on hearing which, she dried her red and swollen eyes, and made a melancholy feint of calling jauntily to Mr Towlinson to fetch a cab and carry down her boxes.
Mr Towlinson then says that, in the first place, he would beg to propose a little snack of something to eat; and over that snack would desire to offer a suggestion which he thinks will meet the position in which they find themselves.
A violent revulsion has taken place in the spirits of Mrs Perch, who is low on account of Mr Perch, and tells cook that she fears he is not so much attached to his home, as he used to be, when they were only nine in family. Mr Towlinson has a singing in his ears and a large wheel going round and round inside his head. The housemaid wishes it wasn't wicked to wish that one was dead.
A barouche being in waiting, according to the orders of that gentleman, the two ladies, the Major and himself, took their seats in it; the Native and the wan page mounted the box, Mr Towlinson being left behind; and Mr Carker, on horseback, brought up the rear.
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