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You 'd better go and take the room downstairs for ` im , afore it goes . '' Peter looked at ` im in surprise , but that was Sam all over . The idea o ' knowing a man with money was too much for ` im , and he sat there giving good advice to Peter about ` is behavior until Peter did n't know whether it was ` is uncle or Sam 's . ` Owever , he took the room and wrote the letter , and next arternoon at three o'clock Mr. Goodman came in a four - wheel cab with a big bag and a fat umbrella . A short , stiffish-built man of about sixty he was , with ` is top lip shaved and a bit o ' short gray beard . He ` ad on a top ` at and a tail-coat , black kid gloves and a little black bow , and he did n't answer the cabman back a single word . -LSB- Illustration : `` Mr. Goodman came in a four-wheel cab with a big bag and a fat umbrella . '' -RSB-