seeing her address on a
letter my master wrote to her.' 'Ay,' replied Mr Iving, 'it's
astonishing how money sharpens the memory. I'll keep to my bargain; give
me the address, and here's the ten-pound note.' 'I'm afraid that my
master will be angry,' said I, as if I did not much like to tell him.
'Your master will never know anything about it, and you may serve a long
time before he gives you a ten-pound note above your wages.' 'That's
very true,' said I, 'sarvice is no inheritance. Well, then, give me the
money, and I'll write it down.'"

"And did you give it?" interrupted I.

"Stop a moment, sir, and you shall hear. I wrote down the address of
that large school at Kensington, which we pass when we go to Mr Aubrey
White's."

"What, that tremendous large board with yellow letters--Mrs Let--what is
it?"

"Mrs Lipscombe's seminary--I always read the board every time I go up
and down. I gave him the address, Miss Johnson, at Mrs Lipscombe's
seminary, Kensington. Well--and here's the ten-pound note, sir, which I
have fairly earned."

"Fairly earned, Tim?"

"Yes, fairly earned; for it's all fair to cheat those who would cheat
you.'

"I cannot altogether agree with you on that point, Tim, but it certainly
is no more than they deserve; but this is matter for reflection. Why
should Melchior wish to find out her address without my
knowledge?--depend upon it, there is something wrong."

"That's what I said to myself coming home; and I made up my mind, that,
for some reason or another, he wishes to regain possession of her."

"I entertain the same idea, Timothy, and I am glad you have
disappointed him. I will take care that they shall not find her out, now
that I am upon my guard."

"But, sir, I wish to draw one good moral from this circumstance; which
is, that if you had been served by any common footman, your interest
would, in all probability, have been sacrificed to the ten-pound note;
and that not only in this instance, but in many others, I did a very
wise thing in taking my present situation."

"I am but too well aware of that, Tim, my dear fellow," said I,
extending my hand, "and depend upon it, that if I rise, you do. You know
me well enough by this time."

"Yes, I do, Japhet, and had rather serve you than the first nobleman in
the land. I'm going to purchase a watch with this ten-pound note, and I
never shall look at it without remembering the advantage of keeping a
watch over my tongue."

Chapte