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"Follows here the strict receipt

For that sauce to dainty meat,

Named Idleness, which many eat

By preference, and call it sweet:

First watch for morsels, like a hound

Mix ith buffets, stir theood thick oil of flatteries,

And froth withlies

Serve warm: the vessels you must choose

To keep it in are dead men's shoes"

Mr Bulstrode's consultation of Harriet seemed to have had the effect

desired by Mr Vincy, for early the nexta letter came which

Fred could carry to Mr Featherstone as the required testi in bed on account of the cold weather,

and as Mary Garth was not to be seen in the sitting-room, Fred went

up-stairs immediately and presented the letter to his uncle, who,

propped up comfortably on a bed-rest, was not less able than usual to

enjoy his consciousness of wisdo

up his

lips and drawing down their corners

"Under the circumstances I will not decline to state my