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So Wilson 's craving turned to sickness , while they chattered on , making the kitchen 's free and keen remarks upon the parlour . `` How late you were last night , Thomas ! '' `` Yes , I was right weary of waiting ; they told me to be at the rooms by twelve ; and there I was . But it was two o'clock before they called me . '' `` And did you wait all that time in the street ? '' asked the housemaid , who had done her work for the present , and come into the kitchen for a bit of gossip . `` My eye as like !