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A year ago , and Mr. Tooting would have seized these memoranda of majesty , and covered their margins with new suggestions : Mr. Tooting , on occasions , had even made additions to the `` Book of Arguments '' itself -- additions which had been used in New York and other States with telling effect against Mr. Crewes there . Mr. Tooting knew by heart the time of going to press of every country newspaper which had passes -LRB- in exchange for advertising ! -RRB- . It was two o'clock when the Honourable Hilary reached his office , and by three all the edicts would have gone forth , and the grape-shot and canister would have been on their way to demolish the arrogance of this petty Lord of Leith . . `` Tooting 's a dangerous man , Vane . You ought n't to have let him go , '' Mr. Flint had said .