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Effects in the Bank

           IftoseehimisanypartofthedutyIhaveaccepted,Iwillseehim.Useyourowndiscretion,Bitzer.’

           Herethevisitor,allunconsciousofMrs.Sparsit’smagnanimouswords,repeatedhisknocksoloudlythatthelightporterhasteneddowntoopenthedoor;whileMrs.Sparsittooktheprecautionofconcealingherlittletable,withallitsappliancesuponit,inacupboard,andthendecampedup-stairs,thatshemightappear,ifneedful,withthegreaterdignity.

           ‘Ifyouplease,ma’am,thegentlemanwouldwishtoseeyou,’saidBitzer,withhislighteyeatMrs.Sparsit’skeyhole.So,Mrs.Sparsit,whohadimprovedtheintervalbytouchinguphercap,tookherclassicalfeaturesdown-stairsagain,andenteredtheboard-roominthemannerofaRomanmatrongoingoutsidethecitywallstotreatwithaninvadinggeneral.

           Thevisitorhavingstrolledtothewindow,andbeingthenengagedinlookingcarelesslyout,wasasunmovedbythisimpressiveentryasmancouldpossiblybe.Hestoodwhistlingtohimselfwithallimaginablecoolness,withhishatstillon,andacertainairofexhaustionuponhim,inpartarisingfromexcessivesummer,andinpartfromexcessivegentility.Foritwastobeseenwithhalfaneyethathewasathoroughgentleman,madetothemodelofthetime;wearyofeverything,andputtingnomorefaithinanythingthanLucifer.

           ‘Ibelieve,sir,’quothMrs.Sparsit,‘youwishedtoseeme.’

           ‘Ibegyourpardon,’hesaid,turningandremovinghishat;‘prayexcuseme.’

           ‘Humph!’thoughtMrs.Sparsit,asshemadeastatelybend.

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