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Chapter 28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

           Idon’toftenintrudeuponyounow,whenIlookround,becauseIknowyouarenotinclinedforcompany,andthatifyouwishedtoseeme,youwouldleavewordintheLodge.ButIamhereprettywelleveryday,sir.Wouldthisbeanunseasonabletime,sir,’askedMrRugg,coaxingly,‘formetoofferanobservation?’

           ‘Asseasonableatimeasanyother.’

           ‘Hum!Publicopinion,sir,’saidMrRugg,‘hasbeenbusywithyou.’

           ‘Idon’tdoubtit.’

           ‘Mightitnotbeadvisable,sir,’saidMrRugg,morecoaxinglyyet,‘nowtomake,atlastandafterall,atriflingconcessiontopublicopinion?Wealldoitinonewayoranother.Thefactis,wemustdoit.’

           ‘Icannotsetmyselfrightwithit,MrRugg,andhavenobusinesstoexpectthatIevershall.’

           ‘Don’tsaythat,sir,don’tsaythat.ThecostofbeingmovedtotheBenchisalmostinsignificant,andifthegeneralfeelingisstrongthatyououghttobethere,why—really—’

           ‘Ithoughtyouhadsettled,MrRugg,’saidArthur,‘thatmydeterminationtoremainherewasamatteroftaste.’

           ‘Well,sir,well!Butisitgoodtaste,isitgoodtaste?That’stheQuestion.’MrRuggwassosoothinglypersuasiveastobequitepathetic.‘Iwasalmostgoingtosay,isitgoodfeeling?Thisisanextensiveaffairofyours;andyourremainingherewhereamancancomeforapoundortwo,isremarkeduponasnotinkeeping.Itisnotinkeeping.Ican’ttellyou,sir,inhowmanyquartersIhearditmentioned.

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