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Updated: June 28, 2025
"And there was no one here for you to serve," mused Uncle John. "But in Captain Wegg's day, how much did he give you?" Thomas hesitated, and his smile wavered an instant. "My old master was also my old friend," said he, in a low voice; "an' I ast him fer little money because my needs were little."
'For that, Mr Wegg inwardly decides, as he takes a corrective sniff or two, 'is musty, leathery, feathery, cellary, gluey, gummy, and, with another sniff, 'as it might be, strong of old pairs of bellows. 'My tea is drawing, and my muffin is on the hob, Mr Wegg; will you partake? It being one of Mr Wegg's guiding rules in life always to partake, he says he will.
During this day Joe Wegg's men succeeded in repairing all the wires which had been tampered with and in making a proper and permanent connection of the cable to the printing office. That evening the village was again brilliantly lighted and thereafter the big dynamos whirled peacefully and without interruption.
He was in no hurry, believing he would have the house to himself for several hours; so he tumbled Captain Wegg's souvenirs of foreign lands in a heap on the floor beside him, thrusting his hand into every corner of the cupboard in order that the search might be thorough. He had once before examined the place in vain; this time he intended to succeed.
It was a false report, I afterward learned, but at that time I believed the newspapers, and the blow almost deprived me of reason. In my excitement I rushed over to Wegg's farm and found the two men together, whereupon I told them I was ruined. "The news affected them powerfully because they had just saved themselves from a like ruin, they thought.
"The Major's is just next, and it will please him because it is all green and gold. But where will Uncle John room?" "The master will use the right wing," said old Nora, who had listened with real pleasure to the exclamations of delight. "It were Cap'n Wegg's room, ye know, an' we've fitted it all new."
Mr Venus, who since his introduction to the French gentleman, had been stooping to peer up the chimney, had his attention recalled by the last sentence, and took the liberty of repeating it. 'Do you like it? asked Mr Boffin, turning suddenly. 'I beg your pardon, sir? 'Do you like what Wegg's been a-reading? Mr Venus answered that he found it extremely interesting.
So gaunt and haggard had he grown at last, that his wooden leg showed disproportionate, and presented a thriving appearance in contrast with the rest of his plagued body, which might almost have been termed chubby. However, Wegg's comfort was, that all his disagreeables were now over, and that he was immediately coming into his property.
The words were but out of his mouth when John Harmon lifted his finger, and Sloppy, who was now close to Wegg, backed to Wegg's back, stooped, grasped his coat collar behind with both hands, and deftly swung him up like the sack of flour or coals before mentioned.
On the way to this crisis Mr Wegg's wooden leg had gradually elevated itself more and more, and he had nudged Mr Venus with his opposite elbow deeper and deeper, until at length the preservation of his balance became incompatible with the two actions, and he now dropped over sideways upon that gentleman, squeezing him against the settle's edge.
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