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And I wish you would find out where I can see Sir Francis Clavering , Morgan . '' And Morgan said , `` thank you , sir , yes , sir , I will , sir ; '' and retired from the room , as he had entered it , with his usual stealthy respect and quiet humility ; leaving the major to muse and wonder over what he had just heard . The next morning the valet informed Major Pendennis that he had seen Mr. Abrams ; what was the amount of the bill that gentleman was desirous to negotiate ; and that the baronet would be sure to be in the back parlor of the Wheel of Fortune Tavern that day at one o'clock . To this appointment Sir Francis Clavering was punctual , and as at one o'clock he sat in the parlor of the tavern in question , surrounded by spittoons , Windsor chairs , cheerful prints of boxers , trotting horses , and pedestrians , and the lingering of last night 's tobacco fumes -- as the descendant of an ancient line sate in this delectable place , accommodated with an old copy of Bell 's Life in London , much blotted with beer , the polite Major Pendennis walked into the apartment . `` So it 's you , old boy ? '' asked the baronet , thinking that Mr. Moss Abrams had arrived with the money . `` How do you do , Sir Francis Clavering ?