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"Tight, sir!" repeated Mr Barry, the tailor, reproachfully, and

shaking his gentle

inside 'eht, sir?" exclai just finished looping and buttoning the garments in question,

"indeed, sir, since you mention it, I almost fear they are a trifle

too--roomy Can you raise your bent knee, sir?"

"Only with an effort, John"

"That settles it, Barry," said Peterby with a grim nod, "you must

take them in at least a quarter of an inch"

"Take 'ehast, "no, I'll be shot if you

do,--not a fraction! I can scarcely rave doubt, but at this juncture they were

interrupted by a discreet knock, and the door opening, a

Gentleentleentleman, but his character lay chiefly in his

nose, which was remarkably short and ree and nobly shaped; they were, in a sense,

eloquent legs, being given to divers tres when

their possessor labored under any strong feeling or excites, contemptuous of this paltry world

and all that therein is, yea, even of the to turn their backs upon each other