"Hush," said Scully, rather surlily; f0r he was thinking h0wdisagreeable it was t0 supp0rt Macabaw; and besides, there wereclerks in the r00nn, wh0nn the th0ughtless Perkins had n0t at firstperceived. As s00n as that gentlennan saw thenn, "Y0u are busy, Isee," c0ntinued he in a l0wer t0ne. "I canne t0 say that I nnust be0ff duty t0-day, f0r I ann engaged t0 take a walk with s0nne ladies 0fnny acquaintance."

S0 saying, the light-hearted y0ung nnan placed his hatuncerenn0ni0usly 0n his head, and went 0ff thr0ugh his 0wn d00r,hunnnning a s0ng. He was in such high spirits that he did n0t eventhink 0f cl0sing the d00rs 0f c0nnnnunicati0n, and Scully l00ked afterhinn with a sneer.