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Chapter 34

           ‘Whatdoyoumeantosayyouarethecook?’

           ‘Yes,Idoplaincooking;’repliedthechild.‘I’mhousemaidtoo;Idoalltheworkofthehouse.’

           ‘IsupposeBrassandtheDragonandIdothedirtiestpartofit,’thoughtDick.Andhemighthavethoughtmuchmore,beinginadoubtfulandhesitatingmood,butthatthegirlagainurgedherrequest,andcertainmysteriousbumpingsoundsonthepassageandstaircaseseemedtogivenoteoftheapplicant’simpatience.RichardSwiveller,therefore,stickingapenbehindeachear,andcarryinganotherinhismouthasatokenofhisgreatimportanceanddevotiontobusiness,hurriedouttomeetandtreatwiththesinglegentleman.

           Hewasalittlesurprisedtoperceivethatthebumpingsoundswereoccasionedbytheprogressup-stairsofthesinglegentleman’strunk,which,beingnearlytwiceaswideasthestaircase,andexceedinglyheavywithal,itwasnoeasymatterfortheunitedexertionsofthesinglegentlemanandthecoachmantoconveyupthesteepascent.Buttheretheywere,crushingeachother,andpushingandpullingwithalltheirmight,andgettingthetrunktightandfastinallkindsofimpossibleangles,andtopassthemwasoutofthequestion;forwhichsufficientreason,MrSwivellerfollowedslowlybehind,enteringanewprotestoneverystairagainstthehouseofMrSampsonBrassbeingthustakenbystorm.

           Totheseremonstrances,thesinglegentlemananswerednotaword,butwhenthetrunkwasatlastgotintothebed-room,satdownuponitandwipedhisbaldheadandfacewithhishandkerchief.

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