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'

Thank

you

,

ma'am

,

'

said

Bitzer

,

knuckling

his

forehead

again

,

in

return

for

the

favour

of

Mrs.

Sparsit

's

improving

conversation

.

'

Would

you

wish

a

little

more

hot

water

,

ma'am

,

or

is

there

anything

else

that

I

could

fetch

you

?

'

'

Nothing

just

now

,

Bitzer

.

'

'

Thank

you

,

ma'am

.

I

should

n't

wish

to

disturb

you

at

your

meals

,

ma'am

,

particularly

tea

,

knowing

your

partiality

for

it

,

'

said

Bitzer

,

craning

a

little

to

look

over

into

the

street

from

where

he

stood

;

'

but

there

's

a

gentleman

been

looking

up

here

for

a

minute

or

so

,

ma'am

,

and

he

has

come

across

as

if

he

was

going

to

knock

.

That

is

his

knock

,

ma'am

,

no

doubt

.

'

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He

stepped

to

the

window

;

and

looking

out

,

and

drawing

in

his

head

again

,

confirmed

himself

with

,

'

Yes

,

ma'am

.

Would

you

wish

the

gentleman

to

be

shown

in

,

ma'am

?

'

'

I

do

n't

know

who

it

can

be

,

'

said

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

wiping

her

mouth

and

arranging

her

mittens

.

'

A

stranger

,

ma'am

,

evidently

.

'

'

What

a

stranger

can

want

at

the

Bank

at

this

time

of

the

evening

,

unless

he

comes

upon

some

business

for

which

he

is

too

late

,

I

do

n't

know

,

'

said

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

'

but

I

hold

a

charge

in

this

establishment

from

Mr.

Bounderby

,

and

I

will

never

shrink

from

it

.

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If

to

see

him

is

any

part

of

the

duty

I

have

accepted

,

I

will

see

him

.

Use

your

own

discretion

,

Bitzer

.

'

Here

the

visitor

,

all

unconscious

of

Mrs.

Sparsit

's

magnanimous

words

,

repeated

his

knock

so

loudly

that

the

light

porter

hastened

down

to

open

the

door

;

while

Mrs.

Sparsit

took

the

precaution

of

concealing

her

little

table

,

with

all

its

appliances

upon

it

,

in

a

cupboard

,

and

then

decamped

up-stairs

,

that

she

might

appear

,

if

needful

,

with

the

greater

dignity

.

'

If

you

please

,

ma'am

,

the

gentleman

would

wish

to

see

you

,

'

said

Bitzer

,

with

his

light

eye

at

Mrs.

Sparsit

's

keyhole

.

So

,

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

who

had

improved

the

interval

by

touching

up

her

cap

,

took

her

classical

features

down-stairs

again

,

and

entered

the

board-room

in

the

manner

of

a

Roman

matron

going

outside

the

city

walls

to

treat

with

an

invading

general

.

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