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Good and Bad Angels

           Hetoldmehewashappytohavethehonourofmakingmyacquaintance;andwhenIhadpaidmyhomagetoMrs.Waterbrook,presentedme,withmuchceremony,toaveryawfulladyinablackvelvetdress,andagreatblackvelvethat,whomIrememberaslookinglikeanearrelationofHamlet’ssayhisaunt.

           Mrs.HenrySpikerwasthislady’sname;andherhusbandwastheretoo:socoldaman,thathishead,insteadofbeinggrey,seemedtobesprinkledwithhoar-frost.ImmensedeferencewasshowntotheHenrySpikers,maleandfemale;whichAgnestoldmewasonaccountofMr.HenrySpikerbeingsolicitortosomethingOrtoSomebody,Iforgetwhatorwhich,remotelyconnectedwiththeTreasury.

           IfoundUriahHeepamongthecompany,inasuitofblack,andindeephumility.Hetoldme,whenIshookhandswithhim,thathewasproudtobenoticedbyme,andthathereallyfeltobligedtomeformycondescension.Icouldhavewishedhehadbeenlessobligedtome,forhehoveredaboutmeinhisgratitudealltherestoftheevening;andwheneverIsaidawordtoAgnes,wassure,withhisshadowlesseyesandcadaverousface,tobelookinggauntlydownuponusfrombehind.

           Therewereotherguests—allicedfortheoccasion,asitstruckme,likethewine.Buttherewasonewhoattractedmyattentionbeforehecamein,onaccountofmyhearinghimannouncedasMr.Traddles!MymindflewbacktoSalemHouse;andcoulditbeTommy,Ithought,whousedtodrawtheskeletons!

           IlookedforMr.

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