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Mr Pancks was one of the very few u

twofold; that is to say, firstly, 'that it wouldn't do twice,' and

secondly, 'that he wasn't worth it' Fortified within this double

ar on easy terms

Up to this time, Mr Pancks had transacted little or no business at his

quarters in Pentonville, except in the sleeping line; but now that he

had becoht

with Mr Rugg in his little front-parlour office, and even after those

untih his duties as his

proprietor's grubber were in no wise lessened; and though that service

bore no greater resemblance to a bed of roses than was to be discovered

in its many thorns; some new branch of industry made a constant deht, it was only to take

an anonymous craft in tow, and labour away afresh in other waters

The advance from a personal acquaintance with the elder Mr Chivery to

an introduction to his amiable wife and disconsolate son, may have been

easy; but easy or not, Mr Pancks soon made it He nestled in the bosom

of the tobacco business within a week or two after his first appearance

in the College, and particularly addressed hi John In this endeavour he so prospered

as to lure that pining shepherd forth froroves, and tean to disappear at

uncertain intervals for as long a space as two or three days together