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First of all Nuth wanted to see a business reference, and when he was shown one from a jeweller with whom he happened to be hand in glove the upshot of it was that he agreed to take young Tonker (for this was the surname of the likely lad) and to make him his apprentice. FIRST OF ALL NUTH WANTED TO SEE A BUSINESS REFERENCE AND WHEN HE WAS SHOWN ONE FROM A JEWELLER WITH WHOM HE HAPPENED TO BE HAND IN GLOVE THE UPSHOT OF IT WAS THAT HE AGREED TO TAKE YOUNG TONKER FOR THIS WAS THE SURNAME OF THE LIKELY LAD AND TO MAKE HIM HIS APPRENTICE
out the drains, she would answer them that the drains also were good, but not so good as the house. They did not see Nuth when they went over the rooms, but Nuth was there. Here in a neat black dress on one spring morning came an old woman whose bonnet was lined with red, asking for Mr. Nuth; and with her came her large and awkward son. Mrs. Eggins, the caretaker, glanced up the street, and then she let them in, and left them to wait in the drawing-room amongst furniture all mysterious with sheets. For a long while they waited, and then there was a smell of pipe-tobacco, and there was Nuth standing quite close to them. "Lord," said the old woman whose bonnet was lined with red, "you did make me start." And then she saw by his eyes that that was not the way to speak to Mr. Nuth. And at last Nuth spoke, and very nervously the old woman explained that her son was a likely lad, and had been in business already but wanted to better himself, and she wanted Mr. Nuth to teach him a livelihood. SKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAINS SHE WOULD ANSWER THEM THAT THE DRAINS ALSO WERE GOOD BUT NOT SO GOOD AS THE HOUSE THEY DID NOT SEE NUTH WHEN THEY WENT OVER THE ROOMS BUT NUTH WAS THERE HERE IN A NEAT BLACK DRESS ON ONE SPRING MORNING CAME AN OLD WOMAN WHOSE BONNET WAS LINED WITH RED ASKING FOR MISTER NUTH AND WITH HER CAME HER LARGE AND AWKWARD SON MISSUS EGGINS THE CARETAKER GLANCED UP THE STREET AND THEN SHE LET THEM IN AND LEFT THEM TO WAIT IN THE DRAWING ROOM AMONGST FURNITURE ALL MYSTERIOUS WITH SHEETS FOR A LONG WHILE THEY WAITED AND THEN THERE WAS A SMELL OF PIPE TOBACCO AND THERE WAS NUTH STANDING QUITE CLOSE TO THEM LORD SAID THE OLD WOMAN WHOSE BONNET WAS LINED WITH RED YOU DID MAKE ME START AND THEN SHE SAW BY HIS EYES THAT THAT WAS NOT THE WAY TO SPEAK TO MISTER NUTH AND AT LAST NUTH SPOKE AND VERY NERVOUSLY THE OLD WOMAN EXPLAINED THAT HER SON WAS A LIKELY LAD AND HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS ALREADY BUT WANTED TO BETTER HIMSELF AND SHE WANTED MISTER NUTH TO TEACH HIM A LIVELIHOOD
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