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           "Heneversawmeinhislifetoknowme,"observedSmall;"Idon’tknowwhyIshouldintroduceHIM,Iamsure!""No,henevercommunicatedwithus,whichistobedeplored,"theoldgentlemanstrikesin,"butIhavecometolookafterthepropertytolookoverthepapers,andtolookaftertheproperty.Weshallmakegoodourtitle.Itisinthehandsofmysolicitor.Mr.Tulkinghorn,ofLincoln’sInnFields,overthewaythere,issogoodastoactasmysolicitor;andgrassdon’tgrowunderHISfeet,Icantellye.KrookwasMrs.Smallweed’sonlybrother;shehadnorelationbutKrook,andKrookhadnorelationbutMrs.Smallweed.Iamspeakingofyourbrother,youbrimstoneblack-beetle,thatwasseventy-sixyearsofage."Mrs.Smallweedinstantlybeginstoshakeherheadandpipeup,"Seventy-sixpoundsevenandsevenpence!Seventy-sixthousandbagsofmoney!Seventy-sixhundredthousandmillionofparcelsofbank-notes!""Willsomebodygivemeaquartpot?"exclaimsherexasperatedhusband,lookinghelplesslyabouthimandfindingnomissilewithinhisreach."Willsomebodyobleegemewithaspittoon?Willsomebodyhandmeanythinghardandbruisingtopeltather?Youhag,youcat,youdog,youbrimstonebarker!"HereMr.Smallweed,wroughtuptothehighestpitchbyhisowneloquence,actuallythrowsJudyathergrandmotherindefaultofanythingelse,bybuttingthatyoungvirginattheoldladywithsuchforceashecanmusterandthendroppingintohischairinaheap."Shakemeup,somebody,ifyou’llbesogood,"saysthevoicefromwithinthefaintlystrugglingbundleintowhichhehascollapsed.

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