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Four o'clock had long ago struck, -- for those were busy times for John, / and people who could not be put off came to him at all hours on matters / connected with his _industrie_, -- four o'clock had long ago struck before / John's hearty voice -- it was the kind of voice that sent a feeling of / serenity through the whole house in which it had a right to / resound -- made itself heard in the hall and passages of Pear-tree House.
"Mother! Hallo! O, there you are. " And then it was, "Where's Honor, / mother? Upstairs, eh?"