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Putting , therefore , the Declaration in _ Doe d. Titmouse _ v. _ Roe _ into his pocket , it was not long before he was to be seen at the office in Saffron Hill -- and in the very room in it which had been the scene of several memorable interviews between Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse and Messrs. Quirk , Gammon , and Snap . I shall not detail what transpired on that occasion between Mr. Runnington , and Messrs. Quirk and Gammon , with whom he was closeted for nearly an hour . On quitting the office his cheek was flushed , and his manner somewhat excited . After walking a little way in a moody manner and with slow step , he suddenly jumped into a hackney-coach , and within a quarter of an hour 's time had secured an inside place in the Tally-ho coach , which started for York at two o'clock that afternoon -- much doubting within himself , the while , whether he ought not to have set off at once in a post-chaise and four . He then made one or two calls in the Temple ; and , hurrying home to the office , made hasty arrangements for his sudden journey into Yorkshire . He was a calm and experienced man -- in fact , a first-rate man of business ; and you may be assured that this rapid and decisive movement of his had been the result of some very startling disclosure made to him by Messrs. Quirk and Gammon . Now , let us glide back to the delightful solitude which we reluctantly quitted so short a time ago .