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are wide open察and the room is lofty察 gusty察 and gloomy。
These may not be desirable characteristics when November comes
with fog and sleet察 or January with ice and snow察 but they have
their merits in the sultry long vacation weather。 They enable
Allegory察 though it has cheeks like peaches察 and knees like
bunches of blossoms察and rosy swellings for calves to its legs and
muscles to its arms察to look tolerably cool tonight。
Plenty of dust comes in at Mr Tulkinghorn¨s windows察 and
plenty more has generated among his furniture and papers。 It lies
thick everywhere。 When a breeze from the country that has lost its
way察 takes fright察 and makes a blind hurry to rush out again察 it
flings as much dust in the eyes of Allegory as the law!or Mr
Tulkinghorn察one of its trustiest representatives!may scatter察on
occasion察in the eyes of the laity。
In his lowering magazine of dust察 the universal article into
which his papers and himself察and all his clients察and all things of
earth察animate and inanimate察are resolving察Mr Tulkinghorn sits
at one of the open windows察enjoying a bottle of old port。 Though a
hard´grained man察 close察 dry察 and silent察 he can enjoy old wine
with the best。 He has a priceless binn of port in some artful cellar
under the Fields察which is one of his many secrets。 When he dines
alone in chambers察as he has dined today察 and has his bit of fish
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and his steak or chicken brought in from the coffee´house察 he
descends with a candle to the echoing regions below the deserted
mansion察 and察 heralded by a remote reverberation of thundering
doors察 comes gravely back察 encircled by an earthy atmosphere察
and carrying a bottle from which he pours a radiant nectar察 two
score and ten years old察that blushes in the glass to find itself so
famous察 and fills the whole room with the fragrance of southern
grapes。
Mr Tulkinghorn察 sitting in the twilight by the open window察
enjoys his wine。 As if it whispered to him of its fifty years of silence
and seclusion察it shuts him up the closer。 More impenetrable than
ever察 he sits察 and drinks察 and mellows as it were in secrecy察
pondering察 at that twilight hour察 on all the mysteries he knows察
associated with darkening woods in the country察 and vast blank
shut´up houses in town察and perhaps sparing a thought or two for
himself察and his family history察and his money察and his will!all a
mystery to everyone!and that one bachelor friend of his察a man of
the same mould and a lawyer too察who lived the same kind of life
until he was seventy´five years old察and then察suddenly conceiving
as it is supposed an impression that it was too monotonous察gave
his gold watch to his hair´dresser one summer evening察 and
walked leisurely home to the Temple察and hanged himself。
But察Mr Tulkinghorn is not alone tonight察to ponder at his usual
length。 Seated at the same table察 though with his chair modestly
and uncomfortably drawn a little way from it察 sits a bald察 mild察
shining man察 who coughs respectfully behind his hand when the
lawyer bids him fill his glass。
^Now察 Snagsby察院 says Mr Tulkinghorn察 to go over this odd
story again。 ̄
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^If you please察sir。 ̄
^You told me when you were so good as to step round here察last
night! ̄
^For which I must ask you to excuse me if it was a liberty察sir察
but I remember that you had taken a sort of an interest in that
person察and I thought it possible that you might´just´wish´to´ ̄ Mr
Tulkinghorn is not the man to help him to any conclusion察 or to
admit anything as to any possibility concerning himself。 So Mr
Snagsby trails off into saying察with an awkward cough察 I must ask
you to excuse the liberty察sir察I am sure。 ̄
^Not at all察院says Mr Tulkinghorn。 ^You told me察Snagsby察that
you put on your hat and came round without mentioning your
intention to your wife。 That was prudent I think察because it¨s not a
matter of such importance that it requires to be mentioned。 ̄
^Well察sir察院returns Mr Snagsby察 you see my little woman is!
not to put too fine a point upon it!inquisitive。 She¨s inquisitive。
Poor little thing察 she¨s liable to spasms察 and it¨s good for her to
have her mind employed。 In consequence of which察 she employs
it!I should say upon every individual thing she can lay hold of察
whether it concerns her or not!especially not。 My little woman
has a very active mind察sir。 ̄
Mr Snagsby drinks察 and murmurs察 with an admiring cough
behind his hand。 ^Dear me察very fine wine indeed 院
^Therefore you kept your visit to yourself察last night拭院says Mr
Tulkinghorn。 ^And tonight察too拭院
^Yes察sir察and tonight察too。 My little woman is at present in!not
to put too fine a point on it!in a pious state察 or in what she
considers such察 and attends the Evening Exertions which is the
name they go by of a reverend party of the name of Chadband。 He
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has a great deal of eloquence at his command undoubtedly察but I
am not quite favourable to his style myself。 That¨s neither here nor
there。 My little woman being engaged in that way察made it easier
for me to step round in a quiet manner。 ̄
Mr Tulkinghorn assents。 ^Fill your glass察Snagsby。 ̄
^Thank you察 sir察 I am sure察院 returns the stationer察 with his
cough of deference。 ^This is wonderfully fine wine察sir 院
^It is a rare wine now察院says Mr Tulkinghorn。 ^It is fifty years
old。 ̄
^Is it indeed察sir拭But I am not surprised to hear it察I am sure。 It
might be!any age almost。 ̄ After rendering this general tribute to
the port察Mr Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his
hand for drinking anything so precious。
^Will you run over察 once again察 what the boy said拭院 asks Mr
Tulkinghorn察putting his hands into the pockets of his rusty small´
clothes and leaning quietly back in his chair。
^With pleasure察sir。 ̄
Then察 with fidelity察 though with some prolixity察 the law´
stationer repeats Jo¨s statement made to the assembled guests at
his house。 On coming to the end of his narrative察he gives a great
start察and breaks off with!^Dear me察sir察I wasn¨t aware there was
any other gentleman present 院
Mr Snagsby is dismayed to see察standing with an attentive face
between himself and the lawyer察at a little distance from the table察
a person with a hat and stick in his hand who was not there when
he himself came in察and has not since entered by the door or by
either of the windows。 There is a press in the room察but its hing