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Chapter 5

           Mr.Sowerberryrightlyconstruedthis,asanacquiescenceinhisproposition;itwasspeedilydetermined,therefore,thatOlivershouldbeatonceinitiatedintothemysteriesofthetrade;and,withthisview,thatheshouldaccompanyhismasterontheverynextoccasionofhisservicesbeingrequired.

           Theoccasionwasnotlongincoming.Halfanhourafterbreakfastnextmorning,Mr.Bumbleenteredtheshop;andsupportinghiscaneagainstthecounter,drewforthhislargeleathernpocket-book:fromwhichheselectedasmallscrapofpaper,whichhehandedovertoSowerberry.

           ‘Aha!’saidtheundertaker,glancingoveritwithalivelycountenance;‘anorderforacoffin,eh?’

           ‘Foracoffinfirst,andaporochialfuneralafterwards,’repliedMr.Bumble,fasteningthestrapoftheleathernpocket-book:which,likehimself,wasverycorpulent.

           ‘Bayton,’saidtheundertaker,lookingfromthescrapofpapertoMr.Bumble.‘Ineverheardthenamebefore.

           Bumbleshookhishead,ashereplied,‘Obstinatepeople,Mr.Sowerberry;veryobstinate.Proud,too,I’mafraid,sir.

           ‘Proud,eh?’exclaimedMr.Sowerberrywithasneer.‘Come,that’stoomuch.

           ‘Oh,it’ssickening,’repliedthebeadle.‘Antimonial,Mr.Sowerberry!’

           ‘Soitis,’asquiescedtheundertaker.

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