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'As you are so much better, said Mr Witherden, sitting down at the bedside, 'I may venture to communicate to you a piece of news which has come to me professionally. The idea of any professional intelligence from a gentleman connected with legal matters, appeared to afford Richard any-thing but a pleasing anticipation.
'I brought it in honour of the occasion, Sir, said the old lady. 'Ah! an occasion indeed, ma'am, an occasion which does honour to me, ma'am, honour to me, rejoined Mr Witherden, the notary. 'I have had many a gentleman articled to me, ma'am, many a one.
'Well, will you have the goodness to state your business then, Mr Brass? said the notary. 'Sir, rejoined Brass, 'I will. Ah Mr Witherden! you little know the but I will not be tempted to travel from the point, sir, I believe the name of one of these gentlemen is Garland. 'Of both, said the notary. 'In-deed! rejoined Brass, cringing excessively.
Kit made answer, not without some indignation, that she was a widow with three children, and that as to her marrying again, if the gentleman knew her he wouldn't think of such a thing. At this reply Mr Witherden buried his nose in the flowers again, and whispered behind the nosegay to the old gentleman that he believed the lad was as honest a lad as need be.
Out they came forthwith; Mr Witherden, who was short, chubby, fresh-coloured, brisk, and pompous, leading the old lady with extreme politeness, and the father and son following them, arm in arm.
Mr Witherden, sir, a kind of faintness is upon my spirits if you would do me the favour to ring the bell and order up a glass of something warm and spicy, I shall, notwithstanding what has passed, have a melancholy pleasure in drinking your good health.
Presently Mr Witherden, smelling very hard at the nosegay, came to the window and looked at him, and after that Mr Abel came and looked at him, and after that the old gentleman and lady came and looked at him again, and after that they all came and looked at him together, which Kit, feeling very much embarrassed by, made a pretence of not observing.
'Well, boy, said Mr Witherden, 'you came to work out that shilling; not to get another, hey? 'No indeed, sir, replied Kit, taking courage to look up. 'I never thought of such a thing. 'Father alive? said the Notary. 'Dead, sir. 'Mother? 'Yes, sir. 'Married again eh?
Mr Witherden consenting, they walked into that gentleman's private closet, and remained there, in close conversation, for some quarter of an hour, when they returned into the outer office. The stranger had left his hat in Mr Witherden's room, and seemed to have established himself in this short interval on quite a friendly footing.
Mr Witherden the notary, too, regarded him with a friendly eye; and even Mr Chuckster would sometimes condescend to give him a slight nod, or to honour him with that peculiar form of recognition which is called 'taking a sight, or to favour him with some other salute combining pleasantry with patronage.
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