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Chapter 35

           

           ‘Thinkagain,Sir,’saidBrass;‘it’smyduty,Sir,inthepositioninwhichIstand,andasanhonourablememberofthelegalprofession—thefirstprofessioninthiscountry,Sir,orinanyothercountry,orinanyoftheplanetsthatshineaboveusatnightandaresupposedtobeinhabited—it’smyduty,Sir,asanhonourablememberofthatprofession,nottoputtoyoualeadingquestioninamatterofthisdelicacyandimportance.Didthegentleman,Sir,whotookthefirstfloorofyouyesterdayafternoon,andwhobroughtwithhimaboxofproperty—aboxofproperty—sayanythingmorethanissetdowninthismemorandum?’

           ‘Come,don’tbeafool,’saidMissSally.

           Dicklookedather,andthenatBrass,andthenatMissSallyagain,andstillsaid‘No.’

           ‘Pooh,pooh!Deucetakeit,MrRichard,howdullyouare!’criedBrass,relaxingintoasmile.‘Didhesayanythingabouthisproperty?—there!’

           ‘That’sthewaytoputit,’saidMissSally,noddingtoherbrother.

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