and punch s shows used to lean against the dead wall in street while their were dining elsewhere and the dogs of tho made meet in the same locality w e re t w o or three small houses at the entrance end of street which went at enormous rents on account of their being abject on to a fashionable situation and whenever one of these little was to be let which seldom happened for they were in great request house agent advertised it as a gentlemanly residence in the most aristocratic part of town inhabited solely by the ite of the beau if a gentlemanly residence coming strictly within this narrow mai in bad not been essential to the blood of the this particular branch would have had a pretty wide selection among let us say ten thousand houses offering fifty times the accommodation for a third of tbe money as it was mr finding his gentlemanly residence extremely inconvenient and extremely dear always laid it as a public servant at the door of the country and it as another instance of the country s came to a s iu � house witli a bowed front little dingy windows and a little dark area like a � pocket which he found to be twenty four street square to the sense of smell the house was like a of bottle filled with a strong of and when tho footman opened the door he seemed to the out the footman was to the s wliat the house to the square houses admirable in liis way his way va a back and a bye way his was not with � and both in complexion and he had suffered from the of his a sallow was upon when ho the out and presented the bottle to mr s nose be bo good as to give that card to mr and to say i have just now seen tho younger mr who recommended � call here the footman who had as many large buttons with the crest them on the of his pockets as if he wore the family strong box � carried the plate and jewels about with him up pondered liver the card a little then said walk in it required some judgment do it without the door open and in the consequent mental confusion and physical darkness slipping down the kitchen � the however brought himself up safely on the ni � t ll the footman said walk in so the visitor followed him at the inner door another bottle seemed to be presented and another taken out this second appeared to be filled with provisions and extract of from the after a in the narrow passage occasioned by the footman s opening the door of the dismal room with confidence finding some one there with consternation and on the visitor with disorder the visitor was shut up his announcement in a close back parlor there he had an opportunity of refreshing himself with both the at once looking out at a low blinding wall three feet off and on the number of families within the bills of who lived in such of their own free choice mr would see him would he walk up stairs he and he did and in the drawing room with his leg on a rest he found mr himself the express image and f it mr dated from a better time when the country was not so and the office was not so he wound and folds of white round his neck as ho wound and wound folds of and paper round the neck of the and were hia voice and oppressive sc had a large watch chain and of a coat to inconvenience a waistcoat up to inconvenience un pair of trousers a stiff pair of boots he was altogether si massive overpowering and he seemed to hare been sitting for his portrait to sir thomas oil the days of his life mr said mr be seated mr became seated you have called on me i believe said er at the � giving it the air of a of about five and twenty office i have taken that liberty mr solemnly bent his head as who should say i do not deny that it is a liberty proceed to take another liberty and let me know your business allow me to e that i have u for some years in china am quite a stranger at home and have no motive or interest in the i am al out to make mr his fingers on the table and its if he were now sitting for his portrait to a new and strange artist to say to liis visitor if you will be good enough to take me with my x expression i shall feel obliged i have found a in the mar i� a prison of the name of who has been there many i h to investigate his confused affairs far as to ascertain whether it may not ik possible after this lai e of time to his condition the name of mr has been mentioned to me as re some highly st among his am correctly d it being one of the principles of the office never on account whatever to give a straightforward answer � r possibly on ik half of the crown may i ask or as a private individual si the ir air lied may have possibly recommended � possibly � i cannot say � that some public claim against the estate of a or to this person may have belonged should be enforced the question may have been in course of official business referred to the department for its consideration the department may originated or a minute making that recommendation i assume this to be the case then the department said mr is not for any gentleman s may i how i can obtain official information as to 