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Chapter 33

           Andequallycertainitis,bytheway,thatbetweenthesetwostoolsagreatmanypeoplehadcometotheground.

           OnemorningMrSampsonBrasssatuponhisstoolcopyingsomelegalprocess,andviciouslydigginghispendeepintothepaper,asifhewerewritingupontheveryheartofthepartyagainstwhomitwasdirected;andMissSallyBrasssatuponherstoolmakinganewpenpreparatorytodrawingoutalittlebill,whichwasherfavouriteoccupation;andsotheysatinsilenceforalongtime,untilMissBrassbrokesilence.

           ‘Haveyounearlydone,Sammy?’saidMissBrass;forinhermildandfemininelips,SampsonbecameSammy,andallthingsweresofteneddown.

           ‘No,’returnedherbrother.‘Itwouldhavebeenalldonethough,ifyouhadhelpedattherighttime.’

           ‘Ohyes,indeed,’criedMissSally;‘youwantmyhelp,don’tyou?you,too,thataregoingtokeepaclerk!’

           ‘AmIgoingtokeepaclerkformyownpleasure,orbecauseofmyownwish,youprovokingrascal!’saidMrBrass,puttinghispeninhismouth,andgrinningspitefullyathissister.‘Whatdoyoutauntmeaboutgoingtokeepaclerkfor?’

           Itmaybeobservedinthisplace,lestthefactofMrBrasscallingaladyarascal,shouldoccasionanywondermentorsurprise,thathewassohabituatedtohavinghernearhiminaman’scapacity,thathehadgraduallyaccustomedhimselftotalktoherasthoughshewerereallyaman.

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