16/21 Well, George Rowley, you might embrace some early opportunity to earn that half-guinea, by telling Mr.Powl that your master will not leave here till noon to-morrow, if he go even then. Tell him there are a hundred things to be done here, and a hundred more that can only be done properly at my office in Holborn. Come to think of it--we had better see to that first of all,' he went on, unlocking the door. |