Charles Dickens


The Lamplighter


'"No," says Mooney, "I won't. And if anybody asks me any more, I'll run away, and never come back again."


'"Mr. Grig," says the old gentleman, "the stars must be obeyed. You have not changed your mind because of a little girlish folly - eh, Mr. Grig?"


'Tom, gentlemen, had had his eyes about him, and was pretty sure that all this was a device and trick of the waiting-maid, to put him off his inclination. He had seen her hiding and skipping about the two doors, and had observed that a very little whispering from her pacified the Salamander directly. "So," thinks Tom, "this is a plot - but it won't fit."


'"Eh, Mr. Grig?" says the old gentleman. '"Why, Sir," says Tom, pointing to the crucible, "if the soup's nearly ready - "


'"Another hour beholds the consummation of our labours," returned the old gentleman.


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