i for it i for ve turn a great deal for doing with what would have done myself was in the glow of her double knock wm heard at the door a very odd knock low u avoid making a noise and attention i ng as if tbe knocking were pre in mind forgot to leave off said mr who s thia and edward without notice and without � said mrs lock out the room n as but the street waa lighter of ill ll k mr s head over tho balcony looked ao very and that it on point of � � the unknown it s one fellow said mr t on this second thought he went out into the balcony another look ho back as the door waa opened tliat he believed he had identified his s mistaken for his governor with his tile ia his hand immediately al candles mrs with a word of for darkness it s light enough for me said mr when the candles were brought in mr standing behind the door picking liis i i d ii call he said i am rather particularly now m aa i happened to be out for a stroll i thought i d you � a he wa in asked him he had ban i well mr i haven t been dining anywhere of course you have dined said why � no haven t exactly dined said mr he had passed his hand over his yellow forehead and considered as if he were not sure about it something to eat was proposed no thank you said mr i don t feel inclined for it i was to have dined out along with mrs but as i didn t inclined for dinner i let mrs go by hei self just as we were getting into the carriage and thought i d take a stroll instead would he have tea or coffee in o thank you said mr i looked in at the club and got a bottle of wine at this period of his visit mr took the chair which had offered him which he had hitherto been pushing slowly about before him like a dull man with a pair of on for the first time who could not make up his mind to start he now put his hat upon another chair beside him and looking down into it as if it were some twenty feet deep said again you see i thought i d give you a call flattering to us said for you are not a calling man n � no returned mr who was by this time taking himself into under both coat sleeves i am not u calling man you have too much to do for that said having so much to do mr loss of appetite is a serious thing ith you and you must have it en to you must not be ill oh i i am well replied mr after about it i am as well as i usually am i am well enough i am as well as i want to be the master mind of the age to its characteristic of being at all times a mind that had as little as possible to say for itself and great difficulty in it mute again mrs began to wonder how long the master mind meant to stay i was speaking of poor papa when j ou came in sir aye quite a coincidence said mr � did not see that but felt it incumbent on her to continue talking i was saying she pursued that my brother s illness has occasioned a delay in examining and arranging i s ty yea said yes there has been a delay not that it is of consequence said not assented mr after having examined the of all that part of the room which was within his range not tliat it is of any consequence my only anxiety is said that mrs general not get anything she won t get thing said mr was delighted to hear liim express the opinion mr after taking another gaze into the depths of his hat as if he thought he saw something at the bottom rubbed his hair and slowly to ms last remark the words oh dear no no not � he not likely as the topic seemed exhausted and mr too if he were going to take up mi s and the carriage in liis way home s o he answered i shall go by the shortest wa and to � here he looked all over the palms of both his hand as if he telling his own fortune � to take care of i dare say she ll manage to do it probably said there was then a long silence during which mrs back on her sofa again shut her eyes and raised her eyebrows in her former retirement from but however said mr i am equally you and myself i thought i d give you a call you know charmed i am sure said so i am off added mr getting up could you laid me a it was an odd thing observed for her who could seldom prevail upon herself even to write a letter to lend to of such vast business as mr isn t it mr but i want one and i know you have got wedding about with and and rich things in them you shall have it back to morrow said mrs open now and for you are so very awkward the mother of box on my little table there and give mr the mother of pearl pen � j said h if on v i � r h i i think i ril cr with a darker rt im � j aid mr v� s i i i should ll ac ly id o m o l and iv mr th on hi w n v 