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Tox house. Perhaps, taken altogether, rom
top to bottom. it was the most inconveneht III.
tie house in England, and the croukrdes. o"t
then. Mis- T'oX said. what II situation .-lhere
was very lite daylight 10 be got there ~ the
winter no sun at the best of times AR was
ont of the question: and traffic WAS walled out
Still Miss fox said think Of the situation! 80
said the bluo-eccd Major. whose eyes were
starting ont of his head who glorieu in Pm
cess Place and who delighted to turn the
convcrs ition ut his club, when ,ver he could, 10
some hing connected with some OF the great peo-
pie in the gre It street round the corner, that ne
might have the satisfaction Of saying thcy were
bis naiglb lrs.
The dingg ,nement inhabited by Miss Iox
was her own: having been devised ana pc
lne1tlcd to her by the deceased owner oil the
i'fy eye in the lockei, Of whom miniature
portrait, with a powdered head and a pictaI'.
balanced the kctc-hodnr on op9o>.tc ,id's OF
the plror iire-placr. The greater part OF lhe
furniture was of the p'wiered-h."d ana pg,tmi
period: comprising plafa-w ,rtnir. always IAN
gushing ana SPRAYING its io1r attenuated bow
le!s in somebody's way and in obsolete hirpsi-
chord, Illuminated round the makers n.mo with
Il painted garland of sweet p",..
Although Major B,cs'ork hal arrived at
what is called in polite literature the @ran'
meridian OF life. and WIS proceeding Oh his
Jul htt 'DWnhIl WIN HtiuiN Any l'I''''t 800
very rigid pair of aW-bone-. and Ipng-llaPNeo
elephantine ears and his eyes aud complexion IN
the state of artificial excitement already mem
toned he was nightly proud OF awakening an
interest in Miss 'roX and ticklcd his vanity WIN
the fiction that she was a SPLENDID woman VINO
had her eye on him. This he had several t'ineS
hinted at the club in connection with lt,le l1c"-
larites, of which old Joe Blrs'oek. old joey
Btgstock, old J. Blgstock. old JOSH Bag''oc"'
or so forth. was the perpetual theme 1, pr'ne'
aS it were. the MAJORS stronghold and dohloh-
keep oflig5t hunor, to be on the most ian'ia'
terms with lis own name
Joey b. Sir the VI ,or would say, with
flourish of his wllking-stick. is worth doz'n
of you. If you had a few more OF the Blgstock
breed among you Sir. you'd be none the worse
forit. Old Jre needn't look far for wife even
now. if he was on the lookout; but he's nara
hearted. Sir, is Joe--hc's tough. Sir. tough'
anldc-vilish sly After such dacaratioh'
wheeling sounds would be heard: and the Ma
jpr'S blue would deepen into purple, While Ills
eyes strained and started convulsivey
Notwithstanding his very liberal lauda.ion OF
himself, however, the Major was selfish. 1t
may be doubted whether there ever was a more
entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach
is perhaps better expression. seeing that he
was more decidedly endowed with that latter or
gan than the former He had no idea of being
overlooked or slighel by anybody: least of all,
had he the remo'cst comprehension of being
overlooked and Sighted b. " IS Tox
And yet. Miss TOX. as it appeared forgot
him gradually forgot him. she began to for
ct him soon after her discovery of the 'Toodle
family. She continued to forget him up to the
time otthe christening. She went on forgetting
him with compound interest after that Some
thing or s.oln,loly had superseded him as