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And a great deal more to the like artless purpose . `` Why you see , miss , '' returns Mr. Bucket , bringing the finger into persuasive action -- and such is his natural gallantry that he had almost said `` my dear '' -- `` it ai n't easy to answer those questions at the present moment . Not at the present moment . I 've kept myself on this case , Sir Leicester Dedlock , Baronet , '' whom Mr. Bucket takes into the conversation in right of his importance , `` morning , noon , and night . But for a glass or two of sherry , I do n't think I could have had my mind so much upon the stretch as it has been . I COULD answer your questions , miss , but duty forbids it . Sir Leicester Dedlock , Baronet , will very soon be made acquainted with all that has been traced .