hands always to be seen in any clerk at s who shook hands with a when the house pervaded the air he shook in a self as one who shook for and co can i do anything for yon mr asked mr in his business character why no thank yon this is a private to yourself mr i have come for a private word oh indeed said mr bending down his ear while his eye strayed to the house afar off i am going said mr leaning his arms on the desk whereupon although it was a large double one there appeared to be not half desk enough for him i am going to make an offer of myself in marriage to your agreeable little friend miss mr ob dear me cried mr rubbing his chin and looking at his visitor oh dear me sir repeated drawing back oh dear you sir what may your meaning be mr my meaning answered the man of business is of course friendly and and that it does yon the greatest credit and � in short my meaning is everything you could desire but � really you know mr mr paused and shook his head at him in the manner as if he were compelled against his will to add you know there really is so much too much of you well said the desk with his band opening his eyes wider and taking a long breath if i understand you mr i ll be hanged a tale of two cities mr adjusted his little wig at both ears as a means towards that end and bit the feather of a pen d � n it all sir said staring at him am i not eligible oh dear yes yes oh yes you re eligible said mr if you say eligible you are eligible am i not prosperous asked oh if you come to prosperous you are prosperous said mr and advancing if you come to advancing you know said mr delighted to be able to make another admission nobody can doubt that then what on earth is your meaning mr demanded well i were you going there now asked mr straight said with a plump of his fist on the desk then i think i wouldn t if i was you why said now i ll put you in a corner shaking a forefinger at him you are a man of business and bound to have a reason state your reason why wouldn t you go because said mr i wouldn t go on such an object without having some cause to believe that i should succeed d � n me cried but this beats everything mr glanced at the distant house and glanced at the angry here s a man of business � a man of years � a man of experience � in a bank said and having a tale of two cities up three leading for complete success he says there s no reason at all i says it with lis head on i mr remarked upon the peculiarity it would have been infinitely less remarkable if lie said it with his bead off when i of success i speak of success with tha young lady and when i speak of causes and ns la make success probable i of and re that will tell as with the young lady the young lady my good air said mr mildly the arm the young lady the young lady goes before all then yon mean to tell me mr said his elbows it is your deliberate opinion that the young lady at present in question is a fool not exactly so i mean to tell you mr said mr that i will hear no word of that lady from any lips and that if i knew any man � which i hope i do not � was ao aud whose temper was so ing that he could not restrain himself from f of that young lady at this desk not even a prevent my him a piece of ray the necessity of being angry in a tone had put mr s blood vessels into a dangerous when it was his turn to be angry mr s veins as their courses could usually be were i state now it was his turn that is what i mean to tell you sir mr pray let there be ao mistake about it mr sucked the end of a ruler for a a tale of two cities while and then stood a tune out of his teeth with it which gave him the he broke the awkward silence bj saying � this is something new to me mr you deliberately advise me not to go up fo and offer myself � myself y of the king s bench bar do you ask me for my advice mr � yes i do very good then i give it and you have repeated it correctly and all i can say of it is laughed with a vexed laugh that this � ha ha � beats everything past present and to come now understand me pursued mr as a man of business i am not justified in saying anything about this matter for as a man of business i know nothing of it but as an old fellow who has carried miss in his arms who is the trusted friend of miss and of her father too and who has a great affection for them both i have spoken the confidence is not of my seeking recollect now you think i may not be right not i said whistling i can t undertake to find third parties in common sense i can only find it for myself i suppose sense in certain quarters you suppose bread and butter nonsense it s new to me but you are right i dare say what i suppose mr i claim to for 