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Chapter 28

           Asthestupendouscollectionwereyetconcealedbycloths,lesttheenviousdustshouldinjuretheircomplexions,Nellbestirredherselftoassistintheembellishmentoftheroom,inwhichhergrandfatheralsowasofgreatservice.Thetwomenbeingwellusedtoit,didagreatdealinashorttime;andMrsJarleyservedoutthetintacksfromalinenpocketlikeatoll-collector’swhichsheworeforthepurpose,andencouragedherassistantstorenewedexertion.

           Whiletheywerethusemployed,atallishgentlemanwithahooknoseandblackhair,dressedinamilitarysurtoutveryshortandtightinthesleeves,andwhichhadoncebeenfroggedandbraidedallover,butwasnowsadlyshornofitsgarnitureandquitethreadbaredressedtooinancientgreypantaloonsfittingtighttotheleg,andapairofpumpsinthewinteroftheirexistencelookedinatthedoorandsmiledaffably.MrsJarley’sbackbeingthentowardshim,themilitarygentlemanshookhisforefingerasasignthathermyrmidonswerenottoappriseherofhispresence,andstealingupclosebehindher,tappedherontheneck,andcriedplayfully‘Boh!’

           ‘What,MrSlum!’criedtheladyofthewax-work.‘Lot!who’dhavethoughtofseeingyouhere!’

           ‘’Ponmysoulandhonour,’saidMrSlum,‘that’sagoodremark.‘Ponmysoulandhonourthat’sawiseremark.Whowouldhavethoughtit!George,myfaithfulfeller,howareyou?’

           Georgereceivedthisadvancewithasurlyindifference,observingthathewaswellenoughforthematterofthat,andhammeringlustilyallthetime.

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