This is my father just come from India and Mr. Pendennis, an old Grey Friars man. Is my uncle at home? Both these gentlemen bestow rather patronising nods of the head on the lad introduced to them as J. J. His exterior is but mean-looking. Colonel Newcome, one of the humblest-minded men alive, has yet his old-fashioned military notions; and speaks to a butlers son as to a private soldier, kindly, but not familiarly. strap 0n
Mr Honeyman is at home, gentlemen, the young lad says, humbly. Shall I show you up to his room? And we walk up the stairs after our guide. We find Mr. Honeyman deep in study on his sofa, with Pearson on the Creed before him. The novel has been whipped under the pillow. Clive found it there some short time afterwards, during his uncles temporary absence in his dressing-room. He has agreed to suspend his theological studies, and go out with his brother-inlaw to dine. strap toy
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I was doing some Arabian Nights, says J. J., up in my room; and hearing a knock which I thought was yours, I came down
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