"Very," said I; "and for my part I thought Mr. Truepenny was never going."
I went into my room, and—there upon my table—was a slip of paper written in Josephine's hand, with these words:
"If you really love master, you'll not let him get up to-morrow morning!"
And now all the horror was plain as light! "Get up!" I thought—and all a woman's resolution came upon me—"only let me once get him well to bed, and he doesn't get up." I listened for his footsteps. He came. I met him with a smile; and didn't I lock the door?
MARKET AND TRADE REPORT.
City.—The deportation of such large numbers of shirt hands, to which we have before alluded, has caused an unparallelled rise in wages, amounting, we are assured, in some cases, to as much as a farthing per dozen on "gents' dress." It is rumoured that the "United Distressed Needle-women" contemplate striking for a reduction of the hours of labour. Twenty-one hours a day, with three intervals of two minutes each for meals, except during the busy season which comprises only about eleven months in the year, is spoken of as likely to be their stipulation.
Manchester.—Policemen are in rather better demand, at a slight advance on former prices. Good stout articles are quoted at from 13s. to 17s. per week; sergeants 19s. to 21s.; best blues, strong, full length, 23s.