you live how do you come here have you sold no friend lady of mine i rather think yes turned away from him towards the window and sat looking out at the wall sir said society itself and me and i sell society i perceive you have acquaintance with another lady also handsome a strong spirit let us see how do they call her he received no answer but could easily discern that he had hit the mark yes he went on that handsome lady and strong spirit addresses me in the street and i am not insensible i respond that handsome lady and strong spirit does me the favor to remark in full confidence i have my curiosity and i have my you are not more than ordinarily honorable perhaps i announce myself madam little a gentleman from the birth and a gentleman to the death but not more than ordinarily honorable i despise such a weak thereupon she is pleased to compliment the difference between you and the rest is she answers that you say so for she knows society i accept her congratulations with gallantry and politeness politeness and little are inseparable from my character she then makes a proposition which is in effect that she has seen us much together that it appears to her that i am for the passing time the cat of the house the friend of the family that her curiosity and her awaken the fancy to be acquainted with their movements to know the manner of their life how the fair is beloved how the fair is cherished and so on she is not rich but offers such and such little for the little cares and of such services and i graciously � to do everything graciously is a part of my character � consent to accept them yes so goes the world it is the mode though s back was turned while he spoke and to the end of the interview he kept those glittering eyes of his that were too near together upon him and evidently saw in the very carriage of the head as he passed with his from to of what he said that he was saying nothing which did not already know the pair he said lighting a third with a sound as if his breath could blow her away charming but for it was not well of the fair to make mysteries of letters from old lovers in her on the mountain that her husband might not see them no no that was not well the was mistaken there i earnestly hope cried arthur aloud that may not be long gone for this man s presence the room aye but he ll here and everywhere said with an look and snap of his fingers he always has he always will stretching his body out on the only three chairs in the room besides that on which sat he sang himself on the breast as the gallant personage of the song who passes by this road so late de la who passes by this road so late always gay sing the refrain pig you could sing it once in another jail sing it or by every saint who was to death i ll be and and then some people who are not dead yet had better have been along with them of all the king s knights tis the flower de la of all the king s knights tis the flower always gay partly in his old habit of submission partly because his not doing it might injure his benefactor and partly because he would as soon do it as anything else took up the refrain this time laughed and fell to smoking with his eyes shut possibly another quarter of an elapsed before mr s little step was heard upon the stairs but the interval seemed to long his step was attended by another step and when opened the door he admitted mr and mr the latter was no sooner visible than rushed at him and embraced him how do you find yourself sir said mr flint as soon as he could himself which he struggled to do with very little ceremony thank you no i don t want any more this was in reference to another menace of affection from his recovered friend well arthur you remember what i said to you about sleeping dogs and missing ones it s come true you see he was as as ever to all appearance and nodded his head in a way as he looked round the room and this is the prison for debt said mr you have brought your pigs to a very indifferent market arthur if arthur had patience had not he took his little with fierce by the two of his coat and cried to the devil with the market to the devil with the pigs and to the devil with the pig driver now give me the answer to my letter if you can make it convenient to let go a moment sir returned mr i ll first hand mr arthur a little note that i have for him he did so it was in his mother s writing on a slip of paper and contained only these words i hope it is enough that you have ruined yourself rest contented without more ruin is my messenger and representative your affectionate m c read this twice in silence and then tore it to pieces in the meanwhile stepped into a chair and sat himself on the back with his feet upon the seat now beau he said w r hen he had closely watched the note to its destruction the answer to my letter mrs did not write it mr her hands being cramped and she thinking it as well to send it by me mr this out of himself unwillingly and she sends her compliments and says she doesn t on 