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`' Tis something sudden , ' observed Romaine ; ` but it may be genuine enough . I believe him to be honest . He comes of honest people . Well , George Rowley , you might embrace some early opportunity to earn that half-guinea , by telling Mr. Powl that your master will not leave here till noon to-morrow , if he go even then . Tell him there are a hundred things to be done here , and a hundred more that can only be done properly at my office in Holborn . Come to think of it -- we had better see to that first of all , ' he went on , unlocking the door . ` Get hold of Powl , and see .