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Then he took up his newspaper , thereby showing that he had nothing further to say on the matter , and Alice left him alone . The whole thing was so vexatious that even Mr. Vavasor was disturbed by it . As it was not term time he had no signing to do in Chancery Lane , and could not , therefore , bury his unhappiness in his daily labour , -- or rather in his labour that was by no means daily . So he sat at home till four o'clock , expressing to himself in various phrases his wonder that `` any man alive should ever rear a daughter . '' And when he got to his club the waiters found him quite unmanageable about his dinner , which he ate alone , rejecting all proposition of companionship . But later in the evening he regained his composure over a glass of whiskey-toddy and a cigar . `` She 's got her own money , '' he said to himself , `` and what does it matter ?