Witness: That were my meaning, sir. Mr. White Lush: And acting on your horrid suspicion, you—— [35] [35] Witness: Run up stairs as fast as my legs would carry me. Mr. White Lush: What did you discover? That your second floorer had run away? Witness (very solemnly): He ’ad, sir. Mr. White Lush: Did you open his trunk? Witness: I did, sir. Magistrate: With your universal key—the poker? Witness: Yes, sir. Mr. White Lush: That trunk, surely, was not also full of bricks? Witness: I am sorry to inform you, sir, it were. Magistrate: A singular coincidence. Mr. White Lush: The witness’s two lodgers were evidently regular bricks. (Great laughter.) Were your drawing rooms and your second floorer on terms of intimacy? Witness: Not as I was aware on, sir. Mr. White Lush: What did you do then? Witness: I went out to speak to a neighbour. [36] [36]
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