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of my own accord。 ̄ 



Charles Dickens                                                     ElecBook Classics 


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    ^And   now察院  says   Tony察  stirring   the   fire察   touching   this   same 

bundle of letters。 Isn¨t it an extraordinary thing of Krook to have 

appointed twelve o¨clock tonight to hand ¨em over to me拭院

    ^Very。 What did he do it for拭院

    ^What does he do anything for拭He don¨t know。 Said察today was 

his   birthday察  and   he¨d   hand   ¨em   over   tonight   at   twelve   o¨clock。 

He¨ll have drunk himself blind by that time。 He has been at it all 

day。 ̄ 

    ^He hasn¨t forgotten the appointment察I hope拭院

    ^Forgotten拭  Trust   him   for   that。   He   never   forgets   anything。   I 

saw  him   tonight察  about   eight!helped   him   to   shut   up   his   shop! 

and he had got the letters then in   his  hairy  cap。   He pulled   it  off察

and showed ¨em me。 When the shop was closed察he took them out 

of his cap察hung his cap on the chair´back察and stood turning them 

over before the fire。 I heard him a little while afterwards through 

the floor here察humming察like the wind察the only song he knows! 

about Bibo察and old Charon察and Bibo being drunk when he died察

or something or other。 He has   been as   quiet察  since察  as   an   old   rat 

asleep in his hole。 ̄ 

    ^And you are to go down at twelve拭院

    ^At twelve。 And察as I tell you察when you came it seemed to me a 

hundred。 ̄ 

    ^Tony察院says Mr Guppy察after considering a little   with  his   legs 

crossed察 he can¨t read yet察can he拭院

    ^Read He¨ll never read。 He can make all the letters separately察

and he knows most of them separately when he sees them察he has 

got on that much察under me察but he can¨t put them together。 He¨s 

too old to acquire the knack of it now!and too drunk。 ̄ 

    ^Tony察院  says    Mr   Guppy察    uncrossing   and    recrossing   his   legs察



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^how do you suppose he spelt out that name of Hawdon拭院

    ^He never spelt it out。 You know what a curious power  of  eye 

he  has察  and   how  he  has   been   used   to   employ   himself   in   copying 

things by eye alone。 He imitated it!evidently from the direction of 

a letter察and asked me what it meant。 ̄ 

    ^Tony察院    said  Mr   Guppy察    uncrossing     and   recrossing    his  legs 

again察 should you say that the original was a man¨s writing or a 

woman¨s拭院

    ^A woman¨s。 Fifty to one a lady¨s!slopes a good deal察and the 

end of the letter `n察 long and hasty。 ̄ 

   Mr Guppy has been biting his thumbnail during this dialogue察

generally  changing  the   thumb   when   he   has changed   the   crossed 

leg。 As he is going to do so again察he happens to look at his coat´ 

sleeve。 It takes his attention。 He stares at it察aghast。 

    ^Why察Tony察what on earth is going on in this house tonight拭Is 

there a chimney on fire拭院

    ^Chimney on fire 院

    ^Ah 院returns Mr Guppy。 ^See how the soot¨s falling。 See here察

on   my   arm   See   again察  on   the   table   here   Confound   the   stuff察  it 

won¨t blow off!smears察like black fat 院

   They look at one another察and Tony goes listening to the door察

and a little way upstairs察and a little way downstairs。 Comes back察

and   says   it¨s   all   right察  and   all   quiet察  and   quotes   the   remark   he 

lately made to Mr Snagsby察about their cooking chops at the Sol¨s 

Arms。 

    ^And     it  was  then察院   resumes    Mr    Guppy察   still  glancing    with 

remarkable       aversion    at   his  coat´sleeve察   as  they    pursue    their 

conversation before the fire察leaning on opposite sides of the table察

with their heads very near together察 that he told you of his having 



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taken the bundle of letters from his lodger¨s portmanteau拭院

    ^That  was   the   time察  sir察院  answered   Tony察  faintly   adjusting   his 

whiskers。      ^Whereupon         I  wrote    a   line   to  my    dear    boy察   the 

Honourable William Guppy察informing him of the appointment for 

tonight察    and   advising     him   not   to  call  before此   Boguey     being    a 

Slyboots。 ̄ 

    The    light   vivacious    tone   of  fashionable     life  which    is  usually 

assumed       by   Mr   Weevle察    sits  so  ill  upon    him   tonight察   that   he 

abandons that and his   whiskers   together察  and察  after  looking  over 

his   shoulder察  appears   to   yield   himself   up察  a   prey   to   the   horrors 

again。 

    ^You are to bring the letters to your room to read and compare察

and to get yourself into a position to tell him all about them。 That¨s 

the arrangement察isn¨t it察Tony拭院asks Mr Guppy察anxiously biting 

his thumbnail。 

    ^You can¨t speak too low。 Yes。 That¨s what he and I agreed。 ̄ 

    ^I tell you what察Tony! ̄ 

    ^You   can¨t   speak   too   low察院  says   Tony   once   more。   Mr   Guppy 

nods his sagacious head察  advances   it  yet  closer察  and drops into  a 

whisper。 

    ^I tell you what。 The first thing to be done is察to make another 

packet察like the real  one察so  that察  if  he   should   ask   to  see   the   real 

one while it¨s in my possession察you can show him the dummy。 ̄ 

    ^And   suppose   he   detects   the   dummy   as   soon   as   he   sees   it! 

which with his biting screw of an eye is about five hundred times 

more likely than not察院suggests Tony。 

    ^Then   we¨ll   face   it   out。   They   don¨t   belong   to   him察  and   they 

never did。 You found that察and   you  placed   them in  my  hands!a 

legal   friend  of  yours!for  security。   If  he   forces   us   to  it察  they¨ll be 



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producible察won¨t they拭院

    ^Ye´es察院is Mr Weevle¨s reluctant admission。 

    ^Why察Tony察院remonstrates his friend察 how you look You don¨t 

doubt William Guppy拭You don¨t suspect any harm拭院

    ^I don¨t suspect anything more than I know察William察院returned 

the other察gravely。 

    ^And what do you know拭院urges Mr Guppy察raising his voice a 

little察but on his friend¨s once more warning him察 I tell you察you 

can¨t speak too low察院he repeats his question without any sound at 

all察forming with his lips only the words察 What do you know拭院

    ^I know three things。 First察I know that here we are whispering 

in secrecy察a pair of conspirators。 ̄ 

    ^Well 院  says   Mr   Guppy察   and   we   had   better   be   that察  than   the 

pair   of   noodles察  which   we   should   be察  if   we   were   doing   anything 

else察for it¨s the only way of doing what we want to do。 Secondly拭院

    ^Secondly察     it¨s  not   made     out   to  me    how    it¨s  likely   to  be 

profitable察after all。 ̄ 

    Mr Guppy casts up his eyes at the portrait of Lady Dedlock over 

the mantel´shelf察and replies察 Tony察you are asked to leave that to 

the   honour   of   your   friend。   Besides   its   being   calculated   to   serve 

that   friend察  in  those   chords   of   the   human      mind    which!which 

need     not   be   called    into   agonising     vibration     on   the   present 

occasion!your friend is no fool。 What¨s that拭院

    ^It¨s eleven  o¨clock   striking  by  the   bell   of Saint  Paul¨s。   Liste

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