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I 'll take a snooze now , if you wo n't think it uncivil . '' And then , putting his feet upon the opposite seat , he settled himself comfortably to his rest . And so Mr Oriel 's last attempt for lecturing Frank in the railway-carriage faded away and was annihilated . By twelve o'clock Frank was with Messrs Slow & Bideawhile . Mr Bideawhile was engaged at the moment , but he found the managing Chancery clerk to be a very chatty gentleman . Judging from what he saw , he would have said that the work to be done at Messrs Slow & Bideawhile 's was not very heavy . `` A singular man that Sir Louis , '' said the Chancery clerk .