Chapter 25. Conspirators and Others

           

           TheprivateresidenceofMrPanckswasinPentonville,wherehelodgedonthesecond-floorofaprofessionalgentlemaninanextremelysmallway,whohadaninner-doorwithinthestreetdoor,poisedonaspringandstartingopenwithaclicklikeatrap;andwhowroteupinthefan-light,RUGG,GENERALAGENT,ACCOUNTANT,DEBTSRECOVERED.

           Thisscroll,majesticinitsseveresimplicity,illuminatedalittleslipoffrontgardenabuttingonthethirstyhigh-road,whereafewofthedustiestofleaveshungtheirdismalheadsandledalifeofchoking.Aprofessorofwritingoccupiedthefirst-floor,andenlivenedthegardenrailingswithglass-casescontainingchoiceexamplesofwhathispupilshadbeenbeforesixlessonsandwhilethewholeofhisyoungfamilyshookthetable,andwhattheyhadbecomeaftersixlessonswhentheyoungfamilywasunderrestraint.ThetenancyofMrPanckswaslimitedtooneairybedroom;hecovenantingandagreeingwithMrRugghislandlord,thatinconsiderationofacertainscaleofpaymentsaccuratelydefined,andoncertainverbalnoticedulygiven,heshouldbeatlibertytoelecttosharetheSundaybreakfast,dinner,tea,orsupper,oreachoranyorallofthoserepastsormealsofMrandMissRugg(hisdaughter)intheback-parlour.

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