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The next morning early Dove, well pleased with his job, and never
guessing that the smallest suspicions had attached themselves to him,
arrived at Noel's rooms. He was a most idle man, and seldom cared for
work, but he was pleased at Noel's singling him out, and imagined that
notwithstanding her running away, he owed this visit to little Daisy.
"She's a pert little thing," he said to himself, "and if she's so true
to me as all this, why I suppose I must leave her alone in the future.
I made a nice little haul out of her the other day, and I've got
several of them sovereigns about me still; but lor, wasn't she in a
piteous fright when I took that cheque away with me!"
Dove was highly pleased with the appearance of Noel's rooms. He could
see no beauty in the simplicity of the girls' Palace Beautiful, but
although he was quite incapable of judging of the value of the
pictures and exquisite little statuettes which adorned the walls, he
was judge enough of the depth and richness of the Turkey rugs, and of
the wealth which must have been expended over the very select
furniture of Noel's sitting-room.
Lawson, wondering much at his master's directions but supposing that
Dove must be a very special _protege_, received him with much
cordiality, gave him directions with regard to his work, and then left
him alone.
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