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Lucius went straight to Mr. Agar's office-a little wedge-shaped box of a place squeezed corner-wise off a larger shop, for space was precious in the Shadrack-road. In this small temple of industry, Mr. Agar professed himself ready to value property, survey estates, sell by auction, let lands, houses, or apartments, collect rents, and even at a push to undertake the conduct of genteel funerals.
Here Lucius found him-a busy little man, with a bald head, and an ear that had been pushed into high relief by having a pen continually stuck behind it.