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And I remember you said that night, sitting there as I sat here said that night when your peace of mind was first laid low, that you had taken an interest in these very affairs. Such is coincidence! 'Her father, rejoined Venus, and then stopped to swallow more tea, 'her father was mixed up in them. 'You didn't mention her name, sir, I think? observed Wegg, pensively.
'It may be, or may not be, said Mr Boffin, 'just as you view it. But in the meantime don't go out of the matter. Look here. Do this. Give me your word that you won't take any steps with Wegg, without my knowledge, just as I have given you my word that I won't without yours. 'Done, Mr Boffin! said Venus, after brief consideration. 'Thank'ee, Venus, thank'ee, Venus! Done!
While he was still considering the problem, the girls and Arthur having driven to the office, as usual, Joe Wegg rode over from Thompson's Crossing on his sorrel mare for a chat with his old friend and benefactor. It was this same young man still a boy in years who had once owned the Wegg Farm and disposed of it to Mr. Merrick.
'Before I'd have given that packet into your hand without being paid my price for it. I don't pretend to know how the point of law may stand, but I'm thoroughly confident upon the point of fact. 'Then I'd rather, Mr Wegg, you put it another time, penn'orth-etically, is Mr Venus's retort, 'for I tell you candidly I don't like your little cases. 'Tolerable, Wegg rejoins.
And has he ever showed any expectation of finding anything? At that moment wheels were heard. 'Now, I should be loth, said Mr Wegg, with an air of patient injury, 'to think so ill of him as to suppose him capable of coming at this time of night. And yet it sounds like him. A ring at the yard bell. 'It is him, said Mr Wegg, 'and he is capable of it.
Mr Wegg and Mr Venus looked at one another wonderingly: and Mr Wegg, in fitting on his spectacles, opened his eyes wide, over their rims, and tapped the side of his nose: as an admonition to Venus to keep himself generally wide awake. 'A Teapot, repeated Mr Boffin, continuing to muse and survey the books; 'a Teapot, a Teapot. Are you ready, Wegg?
The collection of ballads will in future be reserved for private study, with the object of making poetry tributary' Wegg was so proud of having found this word, that he said it again, with a capital letter 'Tributary, to friendship. Mr Boffin, don't allow yourself to be made uncomfortable by the pang it gives me to part from my stock and stall.
I am sorry, because I could have wished to keep up a little lingering fragment of respect for him. Here Mr Boffin was heard lustily calling at the yard gate, 'Halloa! Wegg! Halloa! 'Keep your seat, Mr Venus, said Wegg. 'He may not stop. And then called out, 'Halloa, sir! Halloa! I'm with you directly, sir! Half a minute, Mr Boffin.
'I have noticed you go past our house, sir, several times in the course of the last week or so. 'Our house, repeated the other. 'Meaning ? 'Yes, said Mr Wegg, nodding, as the other pointed the clumsy forefinger of his right glove at the corner house. 'Oh!
The Major crouched low in the berry bushes until the couple had passed by; then he rose and thoughtfully followed after them. Whatever Patsy's father might have thought of the Wegg farm mystery before, this adventure convinced him that the girls were not altogether foolish in imagining a romance connected with the place.
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