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Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All

           To-morrowcomes,thesavourypreparationsfortheOilTradecome,theeveningcomes.ComesMr.Snagsbyinhisblackcoat;cometheChadbands;come(whenthegorgingvesselisreplete)the’prenticesandGuster,tobeedified;comesatlast,withhisslouchinghead,andhisshufflebackward,andhisshuffleforward,andhisshuffletotheright,andhisshuffletotheleft,andhisbitoffurcapinhismuddyhand,whichhepicksasifitweresomemangybirdhehadcaughtandwaspluckingbeforeeatingraw,Jo,thevery,verytoughsubjectMr.Chadbandistoimprove.Mrs.SnagsbyscrewsawatchfulglanceonJoasheisbroughtintothelittledrawing-roombyGuster.HelooksatMr.Snagsbythemomenthecomesin.Aha!WhydoeshelookatMr.Snagsby?Mr.Snagsbylooksathim.Whyshouldhedothat,butthatMrs.Snagsbyseesitall?Whyelseshouldthatlookpassbetweenthem,whyelseshouldMr.Snagsbybeconfusedandcoughasignalcoughbehindhishand?ItisasclearascrystalthatMr.Snagsbyisthatboy’sfather."Peace,myfriends,"saysChadband,risingandwipingtheoilyexudationsfromhisreverendvisage."Peacebewithus!Myfriends,whywithus?Because,"withhisfatsmile,"itcannotbeagainstus,becauseitmustbeforus;becauseitisnothardening,becauseitissoftening;becauseitdoesnotmakewarlikethehawk,butcomeshomeuntouslikethedove.Therefore,myfriends,peacebewithus!Myhumanboy,comeforward!"Stretchingforthhisflabbypaw,Mr.ChadbandlaysthesameonJo’sarmandconsiderswheretostationhim.

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