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By half-past eight o'clock on the next morning, I was ringing the bell of the lawyer's office in Castle Street, where I found him ensconced at a business table, in a room surrounded by several tiers of green tin cases. He greeted me like an old friend.
'Come away, sir, come away! ' said he. 'Here is the dentist ready for you, and I think I can promise you that the operation will be practically painless.'