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well , sooner than you should break the peace -- . Mrs. Little , I 'd rather be with him at two guineas a week , than with any other master at three . '' When he had got this honest fellow to look after his interests , young Little gave more way than ever to his natural bent for invention , and he was often locked up for twelve hours at a stretch , in a room he called his studio . Indeed , such was his ardor , that he sometimes left home after dinner , and came back to the works , and then the fitful fire of his forge might be seen , and the blows of his hammer heard , long after midnight . Dr. Amboyne encouraged him in this , and was , indeed , the only person admitted to his said studio . There the Democritus of Hillsborough often sat and smoked his cigar , and watched the progress toward perfection of projected inventions great and small . One day the doctor called and asked Bayne whether Henry was in his studio .