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She set the dish on, touched er to notify that dinner was ready, and vanished We took our seats

at the round table, and uardian kept Drummle on one side of him,

while Startop sat on the other It was a noble dish of fish that the

housekeeper had put on table, and we had a joint of equally choice

mutton afterwards, and then an equally choice bird Sauces, wines, all

the accessories anted, and all of the best, were given out by our

host from his dumb-waiter; and when they had made the circuit of the

table, he always put theain Similarly, he dealt us clean

plates and knives and forks, for each course, and dropped those just

disused into two baskets on the ground by his chair No other attendant

than the housekeeper appeared She set on every dish; and I always saw

in her face, a face rising out of the caldron Years afterwards, Ia face that had no other

natural rese hair to pass

behind a bowl of fla spirits in a dark room

Induced to take particular notice of the housekeeper, both by her

own striking appearance and by Wemmick's preparation, I observed