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education will have been partly begun, and you may get
another place elsewhere.”

“Do you belong to the establishment of the countess?”

“T am her butler,” said Daddy Sharpphiz, haughtily.

rN The lad’s eyes sparkled with joy;

he bowed very low to the butler,
and said with delight, “Oh, sir,
how grateful do I feel!”
Nicholas was installed the same day,
and heartily welcomed by the other
servants. He was a spruce, lively
: boy, good-humoured, active, and
serviceable ; and, although he felt awkward in his new

 

 

   
   

   
   

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livery and new office, he showed a great deal of willingness.
“ Nicholas,” said the butler, a few days after, to his new
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