Indeed? Strange looked very much astonished. No indeed, sir, said Lascelles, for I very much doubt that he will havetime to write them. I cannot say that. Instead he mutteredsome words at it.
In Mrs Honeyfoot's drawing-room in York a few evenings later MrSegundus sat with his head in his hands, lamenting. The new manservant saidnot a word in explanation - for what explanation could he have given that agentleman would have listened to? A servant would have understood him inan instant. It will not seem so extraordinary to him. Good Lord, Mr Childermass! he cried.
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