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Chapter 23

           Pocket’stimeandattentiondivertedfromdearMrs.Pocket."

           Icouldnothelpthinkingthatitmightbeharderifthebutcher’stimeandattentionweredivertedfromdearMrs.Pocket;butIsaidnothing,andindeedhadenoughtodoinkeepingabashfulwatchuponmycompanymanners.

           Itcametomyknowledge,throughwhatpassedbetweenMrs.PocketandDrummlewhileIwasattentivetomyknifeandfork,spoon,glasses,andotherinstrumentsofself-destruction,thatDrummle,whoseChristiannamewasBentley,wasactuallythenextheirbutonetoabaronetcy.ItfurtherappearedthatthebookIhadseenMrs.Pocketreadinginthegardenwasallabouttitles,andthatsheknewtheexactdateatwhichhergrandpapawouldhavecomeintothebook,ifheeverhadcomeatall.Drummledidn’tsaymuch,butinhislimitedway(hestruckmeasasulkykindoffellow)hespokeasoneoftheelect,andrecognizedMrs.Pocketasawomanandasister.NoonebutthemselvesandMrs.Coilerthetoadyneighborshowedanyinterestinthispartoftheconversation,anditappearedtomethatitwaspainfultoHerbert;butitpromisedtolastalongtime,whenthepagecameinwiththeannouncementofadomesticaffliction.Itwas,ineffect,thatthecookhadmislaidthebeef.Tomyunutterableamazement,Inow,forthefirsttime,sawMr.Pocketrelievehismindbygoingthroughaperformancethatstruckmeasveryextraordinary,butwhichmadenoimpressiononanybodyelse,andwithwhichIsoonbecameasfamiliarastherest.

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