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"
I
have
not
the
pleasure
of
your
acquaintance
,
"
I
barked
.
"
No
one
regrets
it
more
than
I
do
,
"
he
replied
,
laughing
.
"
I
mean
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
that
I
shall
wait
here
until
you
retire
,
"
and
with
that
I
put
my
back
to
a
shop-window
.
By
this
time
he
was
grown
angry
,
and
said
he
,
"
I
have
no
engagement
,
"
and
he
put
his
back
to
the
shop-window
.
Each
of
us
was
doggedly
determined
to
tire
the
other
out
,
and
we
must
have
looked
ridiculous
.
We
also
felt
it
,
for
ten
minutes
afterward
,
our
passions
having
died
away
,
we
shook
hands
cordially
and
agreed
to
call
hansoms
.
Must
I
abandon
the
enterprise
?
Certainly
I
knew
divers
ladies
who
would
make
the
purchases
for
me
,
but
first
I
must
explain
,
and
,
rather
than
explain
it
has
ever
been
my
custom
to
do
without
.
I
was
in
this
despondency
when
a
sudden
recollection
of
Irene
and
Mrs
Hicking
heartened
me
like
a
cordial
,
for
I
saw
in
them
at
once
the
engine
and
decoy
by
which
David
should
procure
his
outfit
.
You
must
be
told
who
they
were
.
They
were
the
family
of
William
,
one
of
our
club
waiters
who
had
been
disappointing
me
grievously
of
late
.
Many
a
time
have
I
deferred
dining
several
minutes
that
I
might
have
the
attendance
of
this
ingrate
.
His
efforts
to
reserve
the
window-table
for
me
were
satisfactory
,
and
I
used
to
allow
him
privileges
,
as
to
suggest
dishes
;
I
have
given
him
information
,
as
that
someone
had
startled
me
in
the
reading-room
by
slamming
a
door
;
I
have
shown
him
how
I
cut
my
finger
with
a
piece
of
string
.
William
was
none
of
your
assertive
waiters
.
We
could
have
plotted
a
murder
safely
before
him
.
It
was
one
member
who
said
to
him
that
Saucy
Sarah
would
win
the
Derby
and
another
who
said
that
Saucy
Sarah
had
no
chance
,
but
it
was
William
who
agreed
with
both
.
The
excellent
fellow
(
as
I
thought
him
)
was
like
a
cheroot
which
may
be
smoked
from
either
end
.
I
date
his
lapse
from
one
evening
when
I
was
dining
by
the
window
.
I
had
to
repeat
my
order
"
Devilled
kidney
,
"
and
instead
of
answering
brightly
,
"
Yes
,
sir
,
"
as
if
my
selection
of
devilled
kidney
was
a
personal
gratification
to
him
,
which
is
the
manner
one
expects
of
a
waiter
,
he
gazed
eagerly
out
at
the
window
,
and
then
,
starting
,
asked
,
"
Did
you
say
devilled
kidney
,
sir
?
"
A
few
minutes
afterward
I
became
aware
that
someone
was
leaning
over
the
back
of
my
chair
,
and
you
may
conceive
my
indignation
on
discovering
that
this
rude
person
was
William
.
Let
me
tell
,
in
the
measured
words
of
one
describing
a
past
incident
,
what
next
took
place
.
To
get
nearer
the
window
he
pressed
heavily
on
my
shoulder
.
"
William
,
"
I
said
,
"
you
are
not
attending
to
me
!
"
