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Mr. Bender indeed, formidably advancing, scarce had use for this assistance. "Happy to meet you -- especially in your beautiful home, Lord Theign. " To which he added while the master of Dedborough stood good-humouredly passive to his approach: "I've been round, by your kind permission and the light of nature, and haven't required support; though if I had there's a gentleman there who seemed prepared to allow me any amount. " Mr. Bender, out of his abundance, evoked as by a suggestive hand this contributory figure. "A young, spare, nervous gentleman with eye-glasses -- I guess he's an author. A friend of yours too? " he asked of Lord John.
The answer was prompt and emphatic. "No, the gentleman is no friend at all of mine, Mr. Bender."