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"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. 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
lgrave Square: in his inimitable way he had made friends with the caretaker. The place suited Nuth, and, whenever anyone came to inspect it before purchase, the caretaker used to praise the house in the words that Nuth had suggested. "If it wasn't for the drains," she would say, "it's the finest house in London," and when they pounced on this remark and asked 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 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. D IN A ROOMY HOUSE IN BELGRAVE SQUARE IN HIS INIMITABLE WAY HE HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH THE CARETAKER THE PLACE SUITED NUTH AND WHENEVER ANYONE CAME TO INSPECT IT BEFORE PURCHASE THE CARETAKER USED TO PRAISE THE HOUSE IN THE WORDS THAT NUTH HAD SUGGESTED IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DRAINS SHE WOULD SAY IT'S THE FINEST HOUSE IN LONDON AND WHEN THEY POUNCED ON THIS REMARK AND ASKED 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
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