human
I always drink this sort of stuff out of a tumbler; I do--'pon my life, said Titmouse, carelessly;
gpt
Ye-e-s--of course it is, sir, said Mr. Tag-rag, rather faintly. Shortly afterwards, Titmouse offered to take a glass of champagne with Miss Tag-rag!--Her father's face flushed; and at length, with a bold effort,
human
Why, Mr. Titmouse, said he, trying desperately to look unconcerned--
gpt
quoth Titmouse, in a patronizing way;
human
Timothy Tape, _late from Tag-rag & Co., Oxford Street_.
gpt
T, and of which, under the name of
human
he sold immense numbers among the Eastern _swells_ of London. At length it occurred to Gammon to suggest to Titmouse a mode of conferring upon his old friend and master a mark of permanent, public, and substantial distinction; and this was, the obtaining for him, through the Earl of Dreddlington, an appointment as one of the _royal tradesmen_--namely, draper and hosier to the king. When Mr. Tag-rag's disinterested and indefatigable benefactor, Gammon, called one day in Oxford Street, and, motioning him for a moment out of the bustle of his crowded shop, mentioned the honor which Mr. Titmouse was bent upon doing his utmost, at Mr. Gammon's instance, to procure for Mr. Tag-rag, that respectable person was quite at a loss for terms in which adequately to express his gratitude. Titmouse readily consented to name the thing to the great man, and urge it in the best way he could; and he performed his promise. The earl listened to his application with an air of anxiety.
gpt
Sir, said he,
human
Sir, you are not in the least presuming upon your relationship with me, nor do I think you overrate the influence I may happen--in short, sir, I will make it my business to see my Lord KO-TOO this very day, and sound him upon the subject.