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'Mrs. Hawker, I am paying your account with the addition of one week's rent. Your rooms will be vacant at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning.' And until the hour of departure no entreaty, no prostration, could induce him to utter a syllable. MISSUS HAWKER I AM PAYING YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE WEEK'S RENT YOUR ROOMS WILL BE VACANT AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK TO MORROW MORNING AND UNTIL THE HOUR OF DEPARTURE NO ENTREATY NO PROSTRATION COULD INDUCE HIM TO UTTER A SYLLABLE
tle, he was a prize creature. A certain degree of comfort he firmly exacted; he might be a trifle fastidious about cooking; he stood upon his dignity; but no one could say that he grudged reward for service rendered. It was his practice to pay more than the landlady asked. Twenty-five shillings a week, you say? I shall give you twenty-eight. _But_--' and with raised forefinger he went through the catalogue of his demands. Everything must be done precisely as he directed; even in the laying of his table he insisted upon certain minute peculiarities, and to forget one of them was to earn that gaze of awful reprimand which Mr. Jordan found (or thought) more efficacious than any spoken word. Against this precision might be set his strange indulgence in the matter of bills; he merely regarded the total, was never known to dispute an item. Only twice in his long experience had he quitted a lodging because of exorbitant charges, and on these occasions he sternly refused to discuss the matter.  OF LODGERS AS OF CATTLE HE WAS A PRIZE CREATURE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF COMFORT HE FIRMLY EXACTED HE MIGHT BE A TRIFLE FASTIDIOUS ABOUT COOKING HE STOOD UPON HIS DIGNITY BUT NO ONE COULD SAY THAT HE GRUDGED REWARD FOR SERVICE RENDERED IT WAS HIS PRACTICE TO PAY MORE THAN THE LANDLADY ASKED TWENTY FI FIVE SHILLINGS A WEEK YOU SAY I SHALL GIVE YOU TWENTY EIGHT BUT AND WITH RAISED FOREFINGER HE WENT THROUGH THE CATALOGUE OF HIS DEMANDS EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE PRECISELY AS HE DIRECTED EVEN IN THE LAYING OF HIS TABLE HE INSISTED UPON CERTAIN MINUTE PECULIARITIES AND TO FORGET ONE OF THEM WAS TO EARN THAT GAZE OF AWFUL REPRIMAND WHICH MISTER JORDAN FOUND OR THOUGHT MORE EFFICACIOUS THAN ANY SPOKEN WORD AGAINST THIS PRECISION MIGHT BESET HIS STRANGE INDULGENCE IN THE MATTER OF BILLS HE MERELY REGARDED THE TOTAL WAS NEVER KNOWN TO DISPUTE AN ITEM ONLY TWICE IN HIS LONG EXPERIENCE HAD HE QUITTED A LODGING BECAUSE OF EXORBITANT CHARGES AND ON THESE OCCASIONS HE STERNLY REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE MATTER
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