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George
meanwhile
,
with
his
hat
on
one
side
,
his
elbows
squared
,
and
his
swaggering
martial
air
,
made
for
Bedford
Row
,
and
stalked
into
the
attorney
's
offices
as
if
he
was
lord
of
every
pale-faced
clerk
who
was
scribbling
there
.
He
ordered
somebody
to
inform
Mr.
Higgs
that
Captain
Osborne
was
waiting
,
in
a
fierce
and
patronizing
way
,
as
if
the
pekin
of
an
attorney
,
who
had
thrice
his
brains
,
fifty
times
his
money
,
and
a
thousand
times
his
experience
,
was
a
wretched
underling
who
should
instantly
leave
all
his
business
in
life
to
attend
on
the
Captain
's
pleasure
.
He
did
not
see
the
sneer
of
contempt
which
passed
all
round
the
room
,
from
the
first
clerk
to
the
articled
gents
,
from
the
articled
gents
to
the
ragged
writers
and
white-faced
runners
,
in
clothes
too
tight
for
them
,
as
he
sate
there
tapping
his
boot
with
his
cane
,
and
thinking
what
a
parcel
of
miserable
poor
devils
these
were
.
The
miserable
poor
devils
knew
all
about
his
affairs
.
They
talked
about
them
over
their
pints
of
beer
at
their
public-house
clubs
to
other
clerks
of
a
night
.
Ye
gods
,
what
do
not
attorneys
and
attorneys
'
clerks
know
in
London
!
Nothing
is
hidden
from
their
inquisition
,
and
their
families
mutely
rule
our
city
.
Perhaps
George
expected
,
when
he
entered
Mr.
Higgs
's
apartment
,
to
find
that
gentleman
commissioned
to
give
him
some
message
of
compromise
or
conciliation
from
his
father
;
perhaps
his
haughty
and
cold
demeanour
was
adopted
as
a
sign
of
his
spirit
and
resolution
:
but
if
so
,
his
fierceness
was
met
by
a
chilling
coolness
and
indifference
on
the
attorney
's
part
,
that
rendered
swaggering
absurd
.
He
pretended
to
be
writing
at
a
paper
,
when
the
Captain
entered
.
"
Pray
,
sit
down
,
sir
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
I
will
attend
to
your
little
affair
in
a
moment
.
Mr.
Poe
,
get
the
release
papers
,
if
you
please
"
;
and
then
he
fell
to
writing
again
.
Poe
having
produced
those
papers
,
his
chief
calculated
the
amount
of
two
thousand
pounds
stock
at
the
rate
of
the
day
;
and
asked
Captain
Osborne
whether
he
would
take
the
sum
in
a
cheque
upon
the
bankers
,
or
whether
he
should
direct
the
latter
to
purchase
stock
to
that
amount
.
"
One
of
the
late
Mrs.
Osborne
's
trustees
is
out
of
town
,
"
he
said
indifferently
,
"
but
my
client
wishes
to
meet
your
wishes
,
and
have
done
with
the
business
as
quick
as
possible
.
"
"
Give
me
a
cheque
,
sir
,
"
said
the
Captain
very
surlily
.
"
Damn
the
shillings
and
halfpence
,
sir
,
"
he
added
,
as
the
lawyer
was
making
out
the
amount
of
the
draft
;
and
,
flattering
himself
that
by
this
stroke
of
magnanimity
he
had
put
the
old
quiz
to
the
blush
,
he
stalked
out
of
the
office
with
the
paper
in
his
pocket
.
"
That
chap
will
be
in
gaol
in
two
years
,
"
Mr.
Higgs
said
to
Mr.
Poe
.
"
Wo
n't
O.
come
round
,
sir
,
do
n't
you
think
?
"
"
Wo
n't
the
monument
come
round
,
"
Mr.
Higgs
replied
.
"
He
's
going
it
pretty
fast
,
"
said
the
clerk
.
"
He
's
only
married
a
week
,
and
I
saw
him
and
some
other
military
chaps
handing
Mrs.
Highflyer
to
her
carriage
after
the
play
.
"
And
then
another
case
was
called
,
and
Mr.
George
Osborne
thenceforth
dismissed
from
these
worthy
gentlemen
's
memory
