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Chapter 35

           Hewon’tdomorethanhecanhelp,Idaresay.’

           MrBrasshadevidentlyastronginclinationtomakeanangryreply,butwasdeterredbyprudentortimidconsiderations,asheonlymutteredsomethingaboutaggravationandavagabond;notassociatingthetermswithanyindividual,butmentioningthemasconnectedwithsomeabstractideaswhichhappenedtooccurtohim.TheywentonwritingforalongtimeinsilenceafterthisinsuchadullsilencethatMrSwiveller(whorequiredexcitement)hadseveraltimesfallenasleep,andwrittendiversstrangewordsinanunknowncharacterwithhiseyesshut,whenMissSallyatlengthbrokeinuponthemonotonyoftheofficebypullingoutthelittletinbox,takinganoisypinchofsnuff,andthenexpressingheropinionthatMrRichardSwivellerhad‘doneit.’

           ‘Donewhat,ma’am?’saidRichard.

           ‘Doyouknow,’returnedMissBrass,‘thatthelodgerisn’tupyetthatnothinghasbeenseenorheardofhimsincehewenttobedyesterdayafternoon?’

           ‘Well,ma’am,’saidDick,‘Isupposehemaysleephistenpoundout,inpeaceandquietness,ifhelikes.’

           ‘Ah!Ibegintothinkhe’llneverwake,’observedMissSally.

           ‘It’saveryremarkablecircumstance,’saidBrass,layingdownhispen;‘really,veryremarkable.

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