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Lupin replied that he had had a lively time of it , first with the train shaking the house all night , and then with the sun streaming in through the window in his eyes , and giving him a cracking headache . Carrie came up and asked if he would like some breakfast sent up , and he said he could do with a cup of tea , and did n't want anything to eat . Lupin not having come down , I went up again at half-past one , and said we dined at two ; he said he `` would be there . '' He never came down till a quarter to three . I said : `` We have not seen much of you , and you will have to return by the 5.30 train ; therefore you will have to leave in an hour , unless you go by the midnight mail . '' He said : `` Look here , Guv ' nor , it 's no use beating about the bush . I 've tendered my resignation at the Bank . ''