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Effects in the Bank

           Goldandsilvercoin,preciouspaper,secretsthatifdivulgedwouldbringvaguedestructionuponvaguepersons(generally,however,peoplewhomshedisliked),werethechiefitemsinheridealcataloguethereof.Fortherest,sheknewthatafteroffice-hours,shereignedsupremeoveralltheofficefurniture,andoveralocked-upironroomwiththreelocks,againstthedoorofwhichstrongchamberthelightporterlaidhisheadeverynight,onatrucklebed,thatdisappearedatcockcrow.Further,shewasladyparamountovercertainvaultsinthebasement,sharplyspikedofffromcommunicationwiththepredatoryworld;andovertherelicsofthecurrentday’swork,consistingofblotsofink,worn-outpens,fragmentsofwafers,andscrapsofpapertornsosmall,thatnothinginterestingcouldeverbedecipheredonthemwhenMrs.Sparsittried.Lastly,shewasguardianoveralittlearmouryofcutlassesandcarbines,arrayedinvengefulorderaboveoneoftheofficialchimney-pieces;andoverthatrespectabletraditionnevertobeseparatedfromaplaceofbusinessclaimingtobewealthyarowoffire-bucketsvesselscalculatedtobeofnophysicalutilityonanyoccasion,butobservedtoexerciseafinemoralinfluence,almostequaltobullion,onmostbeholders.

           Adeafserving-womanandthelightportercompletedMrs.Sparsit’sempire.Thedeafserving-womanwasrumouredtobewealthy;andasayinghadforyearsgoneaboutamongthelowerordersofCoketown,thatshewouldbemurderedsomenightwhentheBankwasshut,forthesakeofhermoney.

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