? ? ? ? I glanced at the latter deferentially as he stood looking out of window.
? ? ? ? 'Mr. Quinion suggests that it gives employment to some other boys, and that he sees no reason why it shouldn't, on the same terms, give employment to you.'
? ? ? ? 'He having,' Mr. Quinion observed in a low voice, and half turning round, 'no other prospect, Murdstone.'
? ? ? ? Mr. Murdstone, with an impatient, even an angry gesture, resumed, without noticing what he had said:
? ? ? ? 'Those terms are, that you will earn enough for yourself to provide for your eating and drinking, and pocket-money. Your lodging (which I have arranged for) will be paid by me. So will your washing -'
? ? ? ? '- Which will be kept down to my estimate,' said his sister.
? ? ? ? 'Your clothes will be looked after for you, too,' said Mr. Murdstone; 'as you will not be able, yet awhile, to get them for yourself. So you are now going to London, David, with Mr. Quinion, to begin the world on your own account.'
? ? ? ? 'In short, you are provided for,' observed his sister; 'and will please to do your duty.'
? ? ? ? Though I quite understood that the purpose of this announcement was to get rid of me, I have no distinct remembrance whether it pleased or frightened me.
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