Mr. Ventimore do n't seem to be in , after all , sir . Unless he 's in his bedroom .Mr. Ventimore ! A gentleman and two ladies to see you .No , sir , he has n't come in yet — but he wo n't be long now . Well , sir , he said as how he 'd be in early , to make sure as everythink was as it should be .If you must know , he 's expecting company to dinner this evening . Well , sir , to tell you the truth , I ‘ ave a good deal on my ‘ ands just now . Did you ring for me , sir ?— or was it only to let the gentleman out ? Lor , yes , sir . That wo n't make no difference ! Me , sir ? Let to a Asiatic ! No ,— nor would n't ! Why , there was Rapkin 's own sister-in-law let her droring-room floor to one . And —— reason she ‘ ad to repent of it — for all his gold spectacles . Well , sir , not to deceive you , he ai n't back yet from his Public — Libery as he calls it . Whatever he 's took , sir , you may rely on him to ‘ and the dishes without ‘ aving no accidents . Camuels , sir ? Lor ! They do look like camuels , sir — or somethink o ’ that . I expect they belong to the ‘ Ippodrome , or else a circus . They seem to be stopping outside the ‘ ouse . Them camuels have folded up , and all the niggers as is with them is a kneelin ’ down with their noses on the kerbstone ! But they 're unpackin ’ the camuels now ! And — well , if they ai n't bringing everythink in ‘ ere ! They would n't be more things as you 've been buying at that auction , sir , would they ? Then I 'd better go and tell them —— ‘ Ere ! my good men , what are you comin ’ in ‘ ere for , bringing all your dust into my apartments ? This rubbish do n't belong ‘ ere ! I can n't ‘ ave the ‘ ole place littered up with it ! You need n't act so ridic'lous if you are niggers !It ai n't no use my talking to ‘ em , sir . They 're not like Christians — they 're deaf and dumb , seemingly ! You try ! They 've gone off altogether , sir . I can n't see nothink now but a cloud of dust . Sir ! Sir !Sir ! Where are you going to ‘ ave your dinner-party now ? Well , I must say and I do say that if this ‘ ad to ‘ appen , it could n't have come more ill-convenient ! Oh , whatever is it now ? What 's ‘ appened ?Goodness gracious ! Mr. Ventimore , sir — what 's come to the ‘ ouse ? I do n't see nothink as ai n't different . For mercy 's sake , sir , ‘ oo 's been alterin ’ of it like this ? But where are you going to ‘ ave your dinner-party now , sir ? But I do n't see no dinner-table , nor yet no sideboard . I 'll try , sir , but — not to deceive you — I feel that upset I ‘ ardly know where I am . I 've no idea where any of the rooms has got to , sir ! William , this is a pretty state o ’ things ! Public Libery , indeed ! You and your Public Libery . But do you mean to say you do n't see nothing ? You ast ‘ im where you are — he 's better able to tell you than I am . I 'm going back to my kitching . Oh , William , William ! Come away at once ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore , who 's been and dressed you up like that ? Why , it 's ‘ ardly Christian !Come away out of this ‘ orrible ‘ ouse , do ! Everything ! Ca n't you see it 's all turned into Arabian ‘ alls ? Ah , you may well ask ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore .You 've a deal to answer for , you ‘ ave ! Dinner indeed ! And me unable to get into my own kitching for them nasty niggers o ’ yours as is swarmin ’ there like beedles ! The gell 's bolted already , and you and me 'll go next , William , for stay under this roof with sech I wo n't ! Bein ’ a ‘ ole of your own makin ’ , sir , you can get out of it yourself ! Come , William ! Ah , you may well ask ! After sneakin ’ off first thing like you did , and leavin ’ me to make your excuses ! I 'd never have gone if I ‘ ad n't fancied the ‘ ouse was changed into Arabian ‘ alls and full o ’ grinnin ’ niggers ! You ! You 'd ha ’ seen anythink in the condition you was in ! And , any'ow , the ‘ ouse was just as usual when we come in . There was you , William ! And you 'll go on from bad to worse if you do n't give up nippin ’ ! And I did — if it was my last words . Camuels and furrin ’ parties as brought in packages off of them . Luckily , they was all gone afore the neighbours ‘ ad time to take notice .And the best thing you and me can do is to let bygones be bygones , and ‘ old our tongues about it . Mr. Ventimore ! I did blame him — at first . But I 'm sure now as ‘ e ‘ ad nothink to do with it . Poor dear young gentleman , we 've never known ‘ im beyave otherwise than as a gentleman , and ——Bless us and save us ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore !And who 's that ? When you and your friends come flyin ’ in at first-floor windows like pidgins , Mr. Ventimore , you must expect some notice to be took .It 's giving my ‘ ouse a bad name , and , as I 've always kep ’ these apartments respectable ‘ itherto , you 'll be good enough to find others where they 're less partickler , for put up with it I wo n't ! I 'm going . Was he ? I did n't know he 'd come in . Goin ’ out of town , sir ?