Chapter 30: Sir George Repington

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​⁠"It is now eight o'clock," said the elderly gentleman, "if this young lady has no objection, I will eat a light supper in this apartment; and if you, ma'am, have no objection, I will retire to my bedchamber immediately after the meal. I do not require a heavy supper," he added as Mrs. Tabrum's jolly face began to pucker with the impatience of a good housewife to enumerate the plentiful dainties of