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`` It 's no good for me to try and persuade him , '' thought Walter ; `` it ` ud only make him go the other way . I _ wish _ I had n't gone with him ; it 's quite spoilt my day . I did n't get a holiday and come all this way from home just to spend the afternoon in a stuffy public-house , nor on the pavement outside , neither . It 's six o'clock -- there 's the clock striking . -- Chris , we shall only just get back to the palace in time to meet Mr. Richardson , '' he said aloud , beginning to walk very fast . `` You know he 's got all the tickets -- we ca n't go without him . '' `` All right -- plenty o ' time , '' rejoined Chris , speaking rather thickly , and lagging behind in a most irritating way .