Chapter 51

           

           Theblandandopen-heartedproprietorofBachelor’sHallsleptonamidstthecongenialaccompanimentsofrain,mud,dirt,damp,fog,andrats,untillateintheday;when,summoninghisvaletTomScotttoassisthimtorise,andtopreparebreakfast,hequittedhiscouch,andmadehistoilet.Thisdutyperformed,andhisrepastended,heagainbetookhimselftoBevisMarks.

           ThisvisitwasnotintendedforMrSwiveller,butforhisfriendandemployerMrSampsonBrass.Bothgentlemenhoweverwerefromhome,norwasthelifeandlightoflaw,MissSally,atherposteither.Thefactoftheirjointdesertionoftheofficewasmadeknowntoallcomersbyascrapofpaperinthehand-writingofMrSwiveller,whichwasattachedtothebell-handle,andwhich,givingthereadernocluetothetimeofdaywhenitwasfirstposted,furnishedhimwiththerathervagueandunsatisfactoryinformationthatthatgentlemanwould‘returninanhour.’

           ‘There’saservant,Isuppose,’saidthedwarf,knockingatthehouse-door.‘She’lldo.’

           Afterasufficientlylonginterval,thedoorwasopened,andasmallvoiceimmediatelyaccostedhimwith,‘Ohpleasewillyouleaveacardormessage?’

           ‘Eh?’saidthedwarf,lookingdown,(itwassomethingquitenewtohim)uponthesmallservant.

           Tothis,thechild,conductingherconversationasupontheoccasionofherfirstinterviewwithMrSwiveller,againreplied,‘Ohpleasewillyouleaveacardormessage?’

           ‘I’llwriteanote,’saidthedwarf,pushingpastherintotheoffice;‘andmindyourmasterhasitdirectlyhecomeshome.

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