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Mrs Snagsby Sees It All
here is disquietude in Cook¨s Court察Cursitor Street。 Black
suspicion hides in that peaceful region。 The mass of
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Cook¨s Courtiers are in their usual state of mind察no better
and no worse察but察 Mr Snagsby is changed察 and his little woman
knows it。
For察 Tom´all´Alone¨s and Lincoln¨s Inn Fields persist in
harnessing themselves察 a pair of ungovernable coursers察 to the
chariot of Mr Snagsby¨s imagination察and Mr Bucket drives察 and
the passengers are Jo and Mr Tulkinghorn察 and the complete
equipage whirls through the Law Stationery business at wild
speed察all round the clock。 Even in the little front kitchen where
the family meals are taken察it rattles away at a smoking pace from
the dinner table察when Mr Snagsby pauses in carving the first slice
of the leg of mutton baked with potatoes察and stares at the kitchen
wall。
Mr Snagsby can not make out what it is that he has had to do
with。 Something is wrong察somewhere察but what something察what
may come of it察to whom察when察and from which unthought´of and
unheard´of quarter察 is the puzzle of his life。 His remote
impressions of the robes and coronets察the stars and garters察that
sparkle through the surface´dust of Mr Tulkinghorn¨s chambers察
his veneration for the mysteries presided over by that best and
closest of his customers察whom all the Inns of Court察and Chancery
Lane察 and all the legal neighbourhood agree to hold in awe察 his
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remembrance of Detective Mr Bucket with his forefinger察and his
confidential manner impossible to be evaded or declined察
persuade him that he is a party to some dangerous secret察without
knowing what it is。 And it is the fearful peculiarity of this
condition察that察at any hour of his daily life察at any opening of the
shop´door察at any pull of the bell察at any entrance of a messenger察
or any delivery of a letter察 the secret may take air and fire察
explode察and blow up!Mr Bucket only knows whom。
For which reason察 whenever a man unknown comes into the
shop as many men unknown do察and says察 Is Mr Snagsby in拭院
or words to that innocent effect察Mr Snagsby¨s heart knocks hard
at his guilty breast。 He undergoes so much from such inquiries察
that when they are made by boys he revenges himself by flipping
at their ears over the counter察 and asking the young dogs what
they meant by it察 and why they can¨t speak out at once拭 More
impracticable men and boys persist in walking into Mr Snagsby¨s
sleep察 and terrifying him with unaccountable questions察 so that
often察 when the cock at the little dairy in Cursitor Street breaks
out in his usual absurd way about the morning察Mr Snagsby finds
himself in a crisis of nightmare察with his little woman shaking him察
and saying察 What¨s the matter with the man 院
The little woman herself is not the least item in his difficulty。 To
know that he is always keeping a secret from her察 that he has察
under all circumstances察to conceal and hold fast a tender double
tooth察which her sharpness is ever ready to twist out of his head察
gives Mr Snagsby察in her dentistical presence察much of the air of a
dog who has a reservation from his master察and will look anywhere
rather than meet his eye。
These various signs and tokens察 marked by the little woman察
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are not lost upon her。 They impel her to say察 Snagsby has
something on his mind 院 And thus suspicion gets into Cook¨s
Court察 Cursitor Street。 From suspicion to jealousy察 Mrs Snagsby
finds the road as natural and short as from Cook¨s Court to
Chancery Lane。 And thus jealousy gets into Cook¨s Court察Cursitor
Street。 Once there and it was always lurking thereabout察 it is
very active and nimble in Mrs Snagsby¨s breast!prompting her to
nocturnal examinations of Mr Snagsby¨s pockets察 to secret
perusals of Mr Snagsby¨s letters察to private researches in the Day
Book and Ledger察 till察 cash´box察 and iron safe察 to watchings at
windows察 listenings behind doors察 and a general putting of this
and that together by the wrong end。
Mrs Snagsby is so perpetually on the alert察 that the house
becomes ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments。 The
¨prentices think somebody may have been murdered there察 in
bygone times。 Guster holds certain loose atoms of an idea picked
up at Tooting察 where they were found floating among the
orphans察 that there is buried money underneath the cellar察
guarded by an old man with a white beard察who cannot get out for
seven thousand years察 because he said the Lord¨s Prayer
backwards。
^Who was Nimrod拭院 Mrs Snagsby repeatedly inquires of
herself。 ^Who was that lady!that creature拭And who is that boy拭院
Now察Nimrod being as dead as the mighty hunter whose name Mrs
Snagsby has appropriated察 and the lady being unproducible察 she
directs her mental eye察for the present察with redoubled vigilance察
to the boy。 ^And who察院quoth Mrs Snagsby察for the thousand and
first time察 is that boy拭Who is that ! 院And there Mrs Snagsby is
seized with an inspiration。
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He has no respect for Mr Chadband。 No察 to be sure察 and he
wouldn¨t have察 of course。 Naturally he wouldn¨t under those
contagious circumstances。 He was invited and appointed by Mr
Chadband!why察 Mrs Snagsby heard it herself with her own
ears to come back察 and be told where he was to go察 to be
addressed by Mr Chadband察and he never came Why did he never
come拭 Because he was told not to come。 Who told him not to
come拭Who拭Ha察ha Mrs Snagsby sees it all。
But happily and Mrs Snagsby tightly shakes her head and
tightly smiles察that boy was met by Mr Chadband yesterday in the
streets察 and that boy察 as affording a subject which Mr Chadband
desires to improve for the spiritual delight of a select
congregation察 was seized by Mr Chadband and threatened with
being delivered over to the police察unless he showed the reverend
gentleman where he lived察 and unless he entered into察 and
fulfilled察 an undertaking to appear in Cook¨s Court tomorrow
night!^to´mor´row´night察院 Mrs Snagsby repeats for mere
emphasis察with another tight smile察and another tight shake of her
head察 and tomorrow night that boy wil