[The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of Edwin Drood CHAPTER XI--A PICTURE AND A RING 6/22
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I beg! Coming out of such an atmosphere, in _my_ chair.' Edwin took the easy-chair in the corner; and the fog he had brought in with him, and the fog he took off with his greatcoat and neck-shawl, was speedily licked up by the eager fire. 'I look,' said Edwin, smiling, 'as if I had come to stop.' '-- By the by,' cried Mr.Grewgious; 'excuse my interrupting you; do stop. The fog may clear in an hour or two.
We can have dinner in from just across Holborn.
You had better take your Cayenne pepper here than outside; pray stop and dine.' 'You are very kind,' said Edwin, glancing about him as though attracted by the notion of a new and relishing sort of gipsy-party. 'Not at all,' said Mr.Grewgious; '_you_ are very kind to join issue with a bachelor in chambers, and take pot-luck.
And I'll ask,' said Mr. Grewgious, dropping his voice, and speaking with a twinkling eye, as if inspired with a bright thought: 'I'll ask Bazzard.
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