whispered mr to his master nice notion of fun they has sir mr nodded assent and to attract the attention of the young gentlemen behind the who having now relaxed their minds by a little conversation among themselves condescended to take some notice of the stranger i wonder whether s disengaged now said i ll see said leisurely from his stool what name shall i tell mr replied the illustrious subject of these mr departed up stairs on his errand and immediately returned with a message that mr would the club see mr in five and having it returned again to his desk did he say his name was whispered replied it s the in and a sudden of feet with the sound of i pressed laughter was heard om behind the they re a of you sir whispered mr of me sam replied mr what do you mean by me mr replied by pointing with his thumb over his shoulder and mr on looking up became sensible of the pleasing fact that all the four with expressive of the utmost amusement and with their heads thrust over the wooden screen were the figure and general appearance of the supposed with female hearts and of female happiness on his looking up the row of heads suddenly disappeared and the sound of pens travelling at a furious rate over paper immediately succeeded a sudden ring al the bell which hung in the office summoned mr to the apartment of from whence he came back to say that he was ready to see mr if he would step up stairs up stairs mr did step accordingly leaving sam below the room door of the one pair back bore inscribed in characters the imposing words mr and having ts and been desired to come in ushered mr into the presence is mr in inquired mr just come in sir replied papers of ask him to step here yes sir exit take a seat sir said there is the paper sir my partner will be here directly and we can converse about this matter sir mr took a seat and the paper but instead of reading the latter peeped over the top of it and took a survey of the man of business who was an elderly faced vegetable diet sort of man in a black coat dark mixture trousers and small black a kind of being who seemed to be an essential part of the desk at which he was writing and to have as much thought or sentiment after a few minutes silence mr a plump stem looking man with a loud voice appeared and the conversation commenced this is mr said ah tou are the sir in and said i am sir replied mr well sir said and what do you propose ah said thrusting his hands into his trousers pockets and throwing himself back in his chair what do you propose mr hush said let me hear what mr has to say i came gentlemen replied mr � gazing placidly on the two partners � i came here gentlemen to express the surprise with which i received your letter of the other day and to inquire what grounds of action you can have against me grounds of � had ejaculated thus much when he was stopped by the club mr said i am going to speak i beg your pardon mr said for the grounds of action sir continued with moral elevation in his air you will consult your own conscience and your own feelings we sir we are guided entirely by the statement of our that statement sir may be true or it may be false it may be or it may be incredible but if it be true and if it be i do not hesitate to say sir that our grounds of action sir are strong and not to be shaken you may be an unfortunate man sir or you may be a one but if i were called upon as a upon my oath sir to express an opinion of your conduct sir i do not hesitate to assert that i should have but one opinion about it here drew himself up with an air of offended virtue and looked at who thrust his hands farther in his pockets and nodding his head said in a tone of the fullest most certainly well sir said mr with considerable pain depicted id his countenance you will permit me to assure you that i am a most unfortunate man so far as this case is concerned i hope you are sir replied i trust you may be sir if you are really of what is laid to your charge you are more than i had believed any man could possibly be what do t ou say mr i say precisely what you say replied with a of incredulity the writ sir which the action continued was issued regularly mr where is the book papers of here it is said handing over a square book with a cover here is the entry resumed bar widow v samuel � and for the all regular sir perfectly and looked at who said perfectly also and then they both looked at mr i am to understand then said mr that it really is your intention to proceed with this action understand sir � that you certainly may replied with something as near a smile as his importance would allow and that the are actually laid at pounds said mr to which understanding you may add my that if we could have prevailed upon our they would have been laid at the amount sir i believe mrs specially said however observed glancing at that she would not compromise for a less unquestionably replied sternly for the action was only just begun and it wouldn t have done to let mr compromise it then even if be had been so disposed as you offer 