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James Crawley’s Pipe Is Put Out

           

           Thepipeoftobaccofinishedthebusiness:andtheBute-Crawleysneverknewhowmanythousandpoundsitcostthem.FirkinrusheddownstairstoBowlswhowasreadingoutthe"FireandtheFryingPan"tohisaide-de-campinaloudandghostlyvoice.ThedreadfulsecretwastoldtohimbyFirkinwithsofrightenedalook,thatforthefirstmomentMr.Bowlsandhisyoungmanthoughtthatrobberswereinthehouse,thelegsofwhomhadprobablybeendiscoveredbythewomanunderMissCrawley’sbed.Whenmadeawareofthefact,howevertorushupstairsatthreestepsatatimetoentertheunconsciousJames’sapartment,callingout,"Mr.James,"inavoicestifledwithalarm,andtocry,"ForGawd’ssake,sir,stopthat’erepipe,"wastheworkofaminutewithMr.Bowls."O,Mr.James,what‘AVEyoudone!"hesaidinavoiceofthedeepestpathos,ashethrewtheimplementoutofthewindow."What‘aveyoudone,sir!Missiscan’tabide’em."

           "Missisneedn’tsmoke,"saidJameswithafranticmisplacedlaugh,andthoughtthewholematteranexcellentjoke.Buthisfeelingswereverydifferentinthemorning,whenMr.Bowls’syoungman,whooperateduponMr.James’sboots,andbroughthimhishotwatertoshavethatbeardwhichhewassoanxiouslyexpecting,handedanoteintoMr.Jamesinbed,inthehandwritingofMissBriggs.

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