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of cheerful raillery which Mr Smallweed by no means
reciprocated察 and so you chance to find察you know察a paper with
the signature of Jarndyce to it。 Don¨t you拭院
Mr Smallweed glanced with a troubled eye at us察 and
grudgingly nodded assent。
^And coming to look at the paper察 at your full leisure and
convenience!all in good time察 for you¨re not curious to read it察
and why should you be what do you find it to be but a Will察you
see。 That¨s the drollery of it察院said Mr Bucket察with the same lively
air of recalling a joke for the enjoyment of Mr Smallweed察who still
had the same crestfallen appearance of not enjoying it at all察 what
do you find it to be but a Will拭院
^I don¨t know that it¨s good as a will察 or as anything else察院
snarled Smallweed。
Mr Bucket eyed the old man for a moment!he had slipped and
shrunk down in his chair into a mere bundle!as if he were much
disposed to pounce upon him察nevertheless察he continued to bend
over him with the same agreeable air察keeping the corner of one of
his eyes upon us。
^Notwithstanding which察院 said Mr Bucket察 you get a little
doubtful and uncomfortable in your mind about it察having a very
tender mind of your own。 ̄
^Eh拭 What do you say I have got of my own拭院 asked Mr
Smallweed察with his hand to his ear。
^A very tender mind。 ̄
^Ho Well察go on察院said Mr Smallweed。
^And as you¨ve heard a good deal mentioned regarding a
celebrated Chancery will case察of the same name察and as you know
what a card Krook was for buying all manner of old pieces of
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furniter察and books察and papers察and what not察and never liking to
part with ¨em察 and always a going to teach himself to read察 you
begin to think!and you never was more correct in your born
days!¨Ecod察 if I don¨t look about me察 I may get into trouble
regarding this will。¨ ̄
^Now察 mind how you put it察 Bucket察院 cried the old man
anxiously察 with his hand at his ear。 ^Speak up察 none of your
brimstone tricks。 Pick me up察I want to hear better。 O Lord察I am
shaken to bits 院
Mr Bucket had certainly picked him up at a dart。 However察as
soon as he could be heard through Mr Smallweed¨s coughing察and
his vicious ejaculations of ^O my bones O dear I¨ve no breath in
my body I¨m worse than the chattering察clattering察brimstone pig
at home 院Mr Bucket proceeded察in the same convivial manner as
before。
^So察 as I happen to be in the habit of coming about your
premises察you take me into your confidence察don¨t you拭院
I think it would be impossible to make an admission with more
ill´will察and a worse grace察than Mr Smallweed displayed when he
admitted this察 rendering it perfectly evident that Mr Bucket was
the very last person he would have thought of taking into his
confidence察if he could by any possibility have kept him out of it。
^And I go into the business with you察very pleasant we are
over it察and I confirm you in your well´founded fears察that you will´
get´yourself´in´to´a´most precious line if you don¨t come out with
that there will察院 said Mr Bucket察 emphatically察 and accordingly
you arrange with me that it shall be delivered up to this present
Mr Jarndyce察on no conditions。 If it should prove to be valuable察
you trusting yourself to him for your reward察that¨s about where it
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is察ain¨t it拭院
^That¨s what was agreed察院 Mr Smallweed assented察 with the
same bad grace。
^In consequence of which察院 said Mr Bucket察 dismissing his
agreeable manner all at once察and becoming strictly business´like察
^you¨ve got that will upon your person at present time察 and the
only thing that remains for you to do is察just to Out with it 院
Having given us one glance out of the watching corner of his
eye察 and having given his nose one triumphant rub with his
forefinger察 Mr Bucket stood with his eyes fastened on his
confidential friend察and his hand stretched forth ready to take the
paper and present it to my Guardian。 It was not produced without
much reluctance察 and many declarations on the part of Mr
Smallweed that he was a poor industrious man察and that he left it
to Mr Jarndyce¨s honour not to let him lose by his honesty。 Little
by little察 he very slowly took from a breast´pocket a stained
discoloured paper察which was much singed upon the outside察and
a little burnt at the edges察as if it had long ago been thrown upon a
fire察 and hastily snatched off again。 Mr Bucket lost no time in
transferring this paper察with the dexterity of a conjuror察from Mr
Smallweed to Mr Jarndyce。 As he gave it to my Guardian察 he
whispered behind his fingers此
^Hadn¨t settled how to make their market of it。 Quarrelled and
hinted about it。 I laid out twenty pound upon it。 First察 the
avaricious grandchildren split upon him察 on account of their
objections to his living so unreasonably long察and then they split
on one another。 Lord there ain¨t one of the family that wouldn¨t
sell the other for a pound or two察 except the old lady!and she¨s
only out of it because she¨s too weak in her mind to drive a
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bargain。 ̄
^Mr Bucket察院said my Guardian aloud察 whatever the worth of
this paper may be to any one察my obligations are great to you察and
if it be of any worth察 I hold myself bound to see Mr Smallweed
remunerated accordingly。 ̄
^Not according to your merits察 you know察院 said Mr Bucket察 in
friendly explanation to Mr Smallweed察 Don¨t you be afraid of
that。 According to its value。 ̄
^That is what I mean察院 said my Guardian。 ^You may observe察
Mr Bucket察that I abstain from examining this paper myself。 The
plain truth is察 I have forsworn and abjured the whole business
these many years察and my soul is sick of it。 But Miss Summerson
and I will immediately place the paper in the hands of my solicitor
in the cause察and its existence shall be made known without delay
to all other parties interested。 ̄
^Mr Jarndyce can¨t say fairer than that察 you understand察院
observed Mr Bucket to his fellow visitor。 ^And it being now made
clear to you that nobody¨s a´going to be wronged!which must be
a great relief to your mind!we may