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As Miggs, however, was deaf to all entreaties, Mr Tappertit leant her against the wall as one might dispose of a walking-stick or umbrella, until he had secured the window, when he took her in his arms again, and, in short stages and with great difficultyarising from her being tall and his being short, and perhaps in some degree from that peculiar physical conformation on which he had already remarkedcarried her upstairs, and planting her, in the same umbrella and walking-stick fashion, just inside her own door, left her to her repose. He may be as cool as he likes, said Miss Miggs, recovering as soon as she was left alone; but Im in his confidence and he cant help himself, nor couldnt if he was twenty Simmunses! |
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