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    time of the great rebellion , which you know happened several years before the year one , chose to belong to the juste milieu . We have , in consequence , lost caste 3 and are neither admitted into the upper or lower circles . You now understand , Mr . Twist T

    ' Yes , undoubtedly / answered Peregrine , who was not quite certain whether he stood on his head or his heels . f Well , Mr . Twist / continued the little figure , ' at the death of Solomon , this snuff-box was thrown , with other articles , considered of little value , into an empty room of the temple . At the ransacking of that celebrated place , it was carried to Babylon ,

    where a maimed and deformed magian got possession of the talisman , and discovered its hidden qualities . Enraged because I could not make him comrne il faut 9 a thing quite out of my power , I assure you , Mr . Twist , he kicked me and the box out oi the window into the Euphrates , where we lay two thousand and

    some odd hundred years . An Arab , bathing , picked it out of the mud ; a travelling English lord bought it from him , and put it in his collection ; his valet stole it away , and pawned it ; your father bought it from the pawnbroker ; the talisman is now in your possession ; I am your humble servant , and having answered your wish respecting the residence of Miss Dorothy , beg respectfull y to know if you have any further commands T

    My dear little sir , ' said Peregrine , ' I cannot hide from you , I dare say , if I wished , that this young lady has made sad work with my heart . It would gratify me very much to be introduced to her , to know more of her disposition ; but , perhaps , after all , her affections may be already engaged , and then " ' . My dear Mr . Twist / said the manikin , interrupting the dolorous suppositions of Peregrine , ' I know so far , that her heart is yet disengaged and if you are really inclined to be introduced to her , there will be , to-morrow morning , a fine

    opportunity . ' To-morrow morning ! that is a long time / muttered Peregrine . ' Mr . Twist , you are the master , and I the slave ; but , if I might advise , you will restrain your impatience , and wait until ' ' I dare say you are right ; ancj I will wait . ' * You are a reasonable man , Mr . Twist , and it is a pleasure to serve you . Well , sir , if you will , to-morrow morning , be bv the canal of the Regent ' s Park , near to the north gate , at two o ' clock ; i

    events may occur much to your satisfaction . At present , it have your permission , I shall just step over to the next solar system ; I have an acquaintance or two thera , who , I fear , ma > consider my long silence a decided cut . ' ' O , certainly / said Peregrine . The little man dissolved again into smoke . ? * * *

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    850 The Magic Snuff-box .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1834, page 850, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2640/page/32/