"No. Mr. Scully, I am sure, will let me come in for five minutes?"

Mr. Scully was only too happy. My Lady descended and strodeupstairs, leaning on the happy solicitor's arm. But how should hemanage? The front chamber was consecrated to clerks; there were clerkstoo, as ill-luck would have it, inside his private chamber. "Perkins isout for the day," thought Scully; "I will take her into his chamber."And into Perkins's chamber he took her--ay, and he shut the doubledoors after him too, and trembled as he thought of his ownhappiness.