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Five minutes before midnight Tommy Tonker, instructed by Mr. Nuth, who waited outside, came away with one pocketful of rings and shirt studs. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT TOMMY TONKER INSTRUCTED BY MISTER NUTH WHO WAITED OUTSIDE CAME AWAY WITH ONE POCKETFUL OF RINGS AND SHIRT STUDS
s already, and those that are in other businesses care only for their own, while men of leisure who have no trade at all would fail to appreciate the gradual degrees by which Tommy Tonker came first to cross bare boards, covered with little obstacles in the dark, without making any sound, and then to go silently up creaky stairs, and then to open doors, and lastly to climb. Let it suffice that the business prospered greatly, while glowing reports of Tommy Tonker's progress were sent from time to time to the old woman whose bonnet was lined with red in the labourious handwriting of Nuth. Nuth had given up lessons in writing very early, for he seemed to have some prejudice against forgery, and therefore considered writing a waste of time. And then there came the transaction with Lord Castlenorman at his Surrey residence. Nuth selected a Saturday night, for it chanced that Saturday was observed as Sabbath in the family of Lord Castlenorman, and by eleven o'clock the whole house was quiet.  KNOW THOSE DETAILS ALREADY AND THOSE THAT ARE IN OTHER BUSINESSES CARE ONLY FOR THEIR OWN WHILE MEN OF LEISURE WHO HAVE NO TRADE AT ALL WOULD FAIL TO APPRECIATE THE GRADUAL DEGREES BY WHICH TOMMY TONKER CAME FIRST TO CROSS BARE BOARDS COVERED WITH LITTLE OBSTACLES IN THE DARK WITHOUT MAKING ANY SOUND AND THEN TO GO SILENTLY UP CREAKY STAIRS AND THEN TO OPEN DOORS AND LASTLY TO CLIMB LET IT SUFFICE THAT THE BUSINESS PROSPERED GREATLY WHILE GLOWING REPORTS OF TOMMY TONKER'S PROGRESS WERE SENT FROM TIME TO TIME TO THE OLD WOMAN WHOSE BONNET WAS LINED WITH RED IN THE LABORIOUS HANDWRITING OF NUTH NUTH HAD GIVEN UP LESSONS IN WRITING VERY EARLY FOR HE SEEMED TO HAVE SOME PREJUDICE AGAINST FORGERY AND THEREFORE CONSIDERED WRITING A WASTE OF TIME AND THEN THERE CAME THE TRANSACTION WITH LORD CASTLENORMAN AT HIS SURREY RESIDENCE NUTH SELECTED A SATURDAY NIGHT FOR IT CHANCED THAT SATURDAY WAS OBSERVED AS SABBATH IN THE FAMILY OF LORD CASTLENORMAN AND BY ELEVEN O'CLOCK THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS QUIET
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