William Shakespeare Mr Wilkins had a busy morning telling friends and acquaintances all over Portsmouth that his daughter was about to become wed to Lord Augustus. He even remembered to tell his wife. Then he decided to go to one of his shops and check the stock, always mindful that he had a business to run, however exalted the company his daughter proposed marrying into might be. He was wearing an apron and in his shirt-sleeves and balanced precariously on top of a ladder when he heard a slight cough below him and looked down. He turned a shade red with embarrassment when he saw Lord Abernethy. Mr Wilkins scrambled down the ladder and said with false joviality, ‘You have caught me at my labours, my lord. What can I do for you?’ ‘Put on your coat and come with me to the nearest inn. I wish to talk to you,’ said Lord Abernethy. Mr Wilkins beamed with delight. He would need to get used to being on familiar terms with lords and ladies, he thought happily.
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