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`` Your description is certainly unfavourable in the latter case ; but I do not suppose all coffeehouses are alike , and therefore I shall try one to-day . Good morning . '' George soon found a nice-looking quiet place where he could dine , and felt sure he had no need to go to taverns for better accommodation . When he returned to the office , at two o'clock , Mr. Sanders was absent , and the clerks were busily engaged , not at work , but in conversation . Mr. Williams was the principal speaker , and seemed to have something very choice to communicate . George made no doubt that he was the subject of conversation , for he had caught one or two words as he entered , which warranted the supposition . He had nothing to do until Mr. Sanders returned ; this was an opportunity , therefore , for Mr. Williams to make himself officious .