which is often i twist it at once reduced mr to begging as a special fe tour to be allowed to any what was most to hear after a short of less than three of as hour s duration the was most graciously it s only about young twist my dear mr a very good looking boy that my dear he need be for he eats enough observed the lady there a an expression of melancholy in his face ni dear resumed mr which ia very interesting he would make a delightful mute my love mrs looked up with an of considerable mr remarked it and without allowing time for any observation on the good lady s part i t mean a regular mute to attend grown up people my dear but for children s practice it would be very new to lave a mute in proportion my dear you may depend npon it it would have a superb effect mrs who had a good deal of taste in the undertaking way was much struck by the novelty of this idea but as it would have been her dignity to have said so under existing she merely inquired with much why such an obvious suggestion had not presented itself to her husband s mind before mr rightly this as an acquiescence in his proposition it was speedily determined therefore that should be at once into the mysteries of the � trade and with this view that he should accompany his master on the very nest occasion of his services required the occasion was not long in coming half an hour after breakfast next morning mr entered the shop and supporting cane against the counter drew forth his large pocket book from he selected a small of paper which he handed over to said the glancing over it a an order for a eh for a coffin first and a replied mr the of the pocket book which like himself was very said the looking from the � paper to mr i never heard the name before twist s shook his head as he replied obstinate people mr very obstinate proud too i m afraid sir proud eh mr with a sneer come that s too much oh it s sickening replied the ir so it is the we only heard of the family the night before last said the and we shouldn t have known anything about them then only a woman who in the same house made an application to the committee for them to send the surgeon to see a woman as was very bad he had gone out to dinner but his which is a very clever lad sent em some medicine in a bottle off hand ah there s said the indeed replied the but what s the consequence what s the behaviour of these sir why the husband sends back word that the medicine won t suit his wife s complaint and so she shan t take it � she shan t take it sir good strong wholesome medicine as was given with great success to two irish and a only a week before � sent em for nothing with a bottle in � and he sends back word she shan t take it sir as the presented itself to mr s mind in i he struck the counter sharply with his cane and l flushed with indignation well said the i ne � ver � did never did sir ejaculated the no nor no never did but now she s dead we ve got to bury her that s the direction and the sooner it s done the better thus saying mr put on his cocked hat wrong side in a fever of excitement and out of why he was so angry that he forgot even to ask you said mr looking after the as strode down the street sir replied who had carefully kept himself of sight during the interview and who was shaking head to foot at the mere recollection of the sound of mr s voice he needn t have taken the trouble to shrink mr s glance however for that ox s t that whom the of tlie gentleman in the white w had made a very strong impression thought that had got upon trial the subject was l avoided until such time as he should be firmly bound for seven years and au danger of his being returned upon the hands of the parish bo thus effectually and overcome well said mr taking up his hat this job is done the better look a r the si put on your cap and come with me and followed his master on hia professional mission they walked on for some time through the most c and inhabited part of the town and then a down a narrow street more dirty and miserable than any th had yet passed through paused to look for the house was the of their search the houses on were high and lai hut veiy old and by people of the poorest class as their neglected appearance would have without the testimony afforded by the looks of the few men and women who with folded arms and bodies half doubled occasionally along a great many of the had shop fronts tl these were fast closed and away only the u m rooms being inhabited some houses which had l h in e from ago and decay were prevented from falling h m the by huge beams of wood reared against the wa h and � planted in the road but even these crazy d h to have been selected as the nightly of l wretches for many of the rough boards i supplied the place of door and window were fi h their positions to afford an wide enough for h of a human body the was a m filthy the very rats which here and there 