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` Not at all , I thank you , ' answered Mr. Grewgious . ` You are too considerate . ' ` Not at all , I thank you , ' answered Mr. Grewgious again . ` You must take some wine , sir , ' said Mrs. Tope , ` and the jelly that I had ready for you , and that you would n't put your lips to at noon , though I warned you what would come of it , you know , and you not breakfasted ; and you must have a wing of the roast fowl that has been put back twenty times if it 's been put back once . It shall all be on table in five minutes , and this good gentleman belike will stop and see you take it . ' This good gentleman replied with a snort , which might mean yes , or no , or anything or nothing , and which Mrs. Tope would have found highly mystifying , but that her attention was divided by the service of the table . ` You will take something with me ? '