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She

still

looked

faint

and

pale

.

James

Harthouse

begged

her

to

take

his

arm

;

and

as

they

moved

on

very

slowly

,

asked

her

how

the

robbery

had

been

committed

.

'

Why

,

I

am

going

to

tell

you

,

'

said

Bounderby

,

irritably

giving

his

arm

to

Mrs.

Sparsit

.

'

If

you

had

n't

been

so

mighty

particular

about

the

sum

,

I

should

have

begun

to

tell

you

before

.

You

know

this

lady

(

for

she

is

a

lady

)

,

Mrs.

Sparsit

?

'

'

I

have

already

had

the

honour

--

'

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'

Very

well

.

And

this

young

man

,

Bitzer

,

you

saw

him

too

on

the

same

occasion

?

'

Mr.

Harthouse

inclined

his

head

in

assent

,

and

Bitzer

knuckled

his

forehead

.

'

Very

well

.

They

live

at

the

Bank

.

You

know

they

live

at

the

Bank

,

perhaps

?

Very

well

.

Yesterday

afternoon

,

at

the

close

of

business

hours

,

everything

was

put

away

as

usual

.

In

the

iron

room

that

this

young

fellow

sleeps

outside

of

,

there

was

never

mind

how

much

.

In

the

little

safe

in

young

Tom

's

closet

,

the

safe

used

for

petty

purposes

,

there

was

a

hundred

and

fifty

odd

pound

.

'

'

A

hundred

and

fifty-four

,

seven

,

one

,

'

said

Bitzer

.

'

Come

!

'

retorted

Bounderby

,

stopping

to

wheel

round

upon

him

,

'

let

's

have

none

of

your

interruptions

.

It

's

enough

to

be

robbed

while

you

're

snoring

because

you

're

too

comfortable

,

without

being

put

right

with

your

four

seven

ones

.

I

did

n't

snore

,

myself

,

when

I

was

your

age

,

let

me

tell

you

.

I

had

n't

victuals

enough

to

snore

.

And

I

did

n't

four

seven

one

.

Not

if

I

knew

it

.

'

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Bitzer

knuckled

his

forehead

again

,

in

a

sneaking

manner

,

and

seemed

at

once

particularly

impressed

and

depressed

by

the

instance

last

given

of

Mr.

Bounderby

's

moral

abstinence

.

'

A

hundred

and

fifty

odd

pound

,

'

resumed

Mr.

Bounderby

.

'

That

sum

of

money

,

young

Tom

locked

in

his

safe

,

not

a

very

strong

safe

,

but

that

's

no

matter

now

.

Everything

was

left

,

all

right

.

Some

time

in

the

night

,

while

this

young

fellow

snored

--

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

ma'am

,

you

say

you

have

heard

him

snore

?

'

'

Sir

,

'

returned

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

'

I

can

not

say

that

I

have

heard

him

precisely

snore

,

and

therefore

must

not

make

that

statement

.

But

on

winter

evenings

,

when

he

has

fallen

asleep

at

his

table

,

I

have

heard

him

,

what

I

should

prefer

to

describe

as

partially

choke

.

I

have

heard

him

on

such

occasions

produce

sounds

of

a

nature

similar

to

what

may

be

sometimes

heard

in

Dutch

clocks

.

Not

,

'

said

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

with

a

lofty

sense

of

giving

strict

evidence

,

'

that

I

would

convey

any

imputation

on

his

moral

character

.

Far

from

it

.

I

have

always

considered

Bitzer

a

young

man

of

the

most

upright

principle

;

and

to

that

I

beg

to

bear

my

testimony

.

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