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And you 're sure you wo n't come and take a bit of mutton with us in the Square ? The girls would be delighted to see you , and so would Maria . '' Mr. Crawley said that he was quite sure he could not do that , and then having tendered reiterated thanks to his new friend in words which were touching in spite of their old-fashioned gravity , he took his leave , and walked back again to the public-house at Paddington . He returned home to Hogglestock on the same afternoon , reaching that place at nine in the evening . During the whole of the day after leaving Raymond 's Buildings he was thinking of the lawyer , and of the words which the lawyer had spoken . Although he had been disposed to quarrel with Mr. Toogood on many points , although he had been more than once disgusted by the attorney 's bad taste , shocked by his low morality , and almost insulted by his easy familiarity , still , when the interview was over , he liked the attorney . When first Mr. Toogood had begun to talk , he regretted very much that he had subjected himself to the necessity of discussing his private affairs with such a windbag of a man ; but when he left the chamber he trusted Mr. Toogood altogether , and was very glad that he had sought his aid .