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then stood still to be delivered of his load. ' The 

 bell 'ill be somewhere here, I guess/ observed Mr. 

 Jorrocks, dismounting and running his hand up 

 either side of the door-posts. ' Here's as much 

 door as would serve Jack the Giant-killer's castle, 

 and leave a little over.' So saying, having grasped 

 the bulky handle of a wall-ensconced bell, he gave 

 it a hearty pull, and paused as they say for an 

 answer. 



In an instant, two tall, highly-powdered foot- 

 men, in rich scarlet and white lace-bedaubed 

 liveries, threw wide the folding-doors as though 

 they expected Daniel Lambert, or the great 

 Durham ox, exhibiting a groom of the chamber 

 and a lusty porter, laying down the newspapers, 

 and hurrying from a blazing fire in the back 

 ground. 



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