Холодный дом

Jarndyce and Jarndyce

           Skimpole,"hepartedfromourconversationalfriendKengeandtookup,Ibelieve,withVholes.Indeed,Iknowhedid,becauseIintroducedhimtoVholes.""Hadyouknownhimlong?"askedAda."Vholes?MydearMissClare,IhadhadthatkindofacquaintancewithhimwhichIhavehadwithseveralgentlemenofhisprofession.Hehaddonesomethingorotherinaveryagreeable,civilmanner—takenproceedings,Ithink,istheexpression—whichendedintheproceedingofhistakingME.Somebodywassogoodastostepinandpaythemoney—somethingandfourpencewastheamount;Iforgetthepoundsandshillings,butIknowitendedwithfourpence,becauseitstruckmeatthetimeasbeingsooddthatIcouldoweanybodyfourpence—andafterthatIbroughtthemtogether.Vholesaskedmefortheintroduction,andIgaveit.NowIcometothinkofit,"helookedinquiringlyatuswithhisfrankestsmileashemadethediscovery,"Vholesbribedme,perhaps?Hegavemesomethingandcalleditcommission.Wasitafive-poundnote?Doyouknow,IthinkitMUSThavebeenafive-poundnote!"HisfurtherconsiderationofthepointwaspreventedbyRichard’scomingbacktousinanexcitedstateandhastilyrepresentingMr.Vholes—asallowmanwithpinchedlipsthatlookedasiftheywerecold,arederuptionhereandthereuponhisface,tallandthin,aboutfiftyyearsofage,high-shouldered,andstooping.Dressedinblack,black-gloved,andbuttonedtothechin,therewasnothingsoremarkableinhimasalifelessmannerandaslow,fixedwayhehadoflookingatRichard."IhopeIdon’tdisturbyou,ladies,"saidMr.

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