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           ‘Beingunitedthemselves,theyoughtoneandalltosettheirfacesagainstemployinganymanwhoisunitedwithanyotherman,’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Theyhavedonethat,ma’am,’returnedBitzer;‘butitratherfellthrough,ma’am.’

           ‘Idonotpretendtounderstandthesethings,’saidMrs.Sparsit,withdignity,‘mylothavingbeensignallycastinawidelydifferentsphere;andMr.Sparsit,asaPowler,beingalsoquiteoutofthepaleofanysuchdissensions.Ionlyknowthatthesepeoplemustbeconquered,andthatit’shightimeitwasdone,onceforall.’

           ‘Yes,ma’am,’returnedBitzer,withademonstrationofgreatrespectforMrs.Sparsit’soracularauthority.‘Youcouldn’tputitclearer,Iamsure,ma’am.’

           AsthiswashisusualhourforhavingalittleconfidentialchatwithMrs.Sparsit,andashehadalreadycaughthereyeandseenthatshewasgoingtoaskhimsomething,hemadeapretenceofarrangingtherulers,inkstands,andsoforth,whilethatladywentonwithhertea,glancingthroughtheopenwindow,downintothestreet.

           ‘Hasitbeenabusyday,Bitzer?’askedMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Notaverybusyday,mylady.Aboutanaverageday.’Henowandthenslidedintomylady,insteadofma’am,asaninvoluntaryacknowledgmentofMrs.Sparsit’spersonaldignityandclaimstoreverence.

           ‘Theclerks,’saidMrs.Sparsit,carefullybrushinganimperceptiblecrumbofbreadandbutterfromherleft-handmitten,‘aretrustworthy,punctual,andindustrious,ofcourse?’

           ‘Yes,ma’am,prettyfair,ma’am.

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