Of course she was. Mr. Bucket must return to a little work he has to get on with upstairs, but he must shake hands with Mercury in acknowledgment of his agreeable conversation, and will he--this is all he asks--will he, when he has a leisure half-hour, think of bestowing it on that Royal Academy sculptor, for the advantage of both parties?
Of course. Mr. Bucket must return to a little work upstairs, but he shakes hands in acknowledgment of his agreeable conversation before he goes.