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Noggs nodded; and as he nodded, there came a ring at the office bell.

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Nicholas allowed himself to be hurried off; and, precisely as Mr Bobster made his entrance by the street – door, he and Noggs made their exit by the area – gate.

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‘Children alive?’ inquired Noggs, stepping up to him.

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Noggs, listening to the chimes of some neighbouring church ‘and my dinner time’s two.

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‘Hush!’ rejoined Noggs, pointing to Mr Ralph Nickleby, who was saying a few earnest words to Squeers, a short distance off:

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Newman Noggs pointed to the bottom of a cupboard, and Mr Crowl, seizing the shovel, threw on half the stock: which Noggs very deliberately took off again, without saying a word.

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Noggs inexpressible delight, in proportion as it annoyed Ralph Nickleby.

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Ralph angrily repeated his orders, and Noggs, who might well have been excused for wondering at such an unusual and extraordinary circumstance

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Uttering a low querulous growl, the speaker, whose harsh countenance was the very epitome of selfishness, raked the scanty fire nearly out of the grate, and, emptying the glass which Noggs had pushed towards him, inquired where he kept his coals.

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‘From Newman Noggs,’ said Nicholas, casting his eye upon the cramped direction; ‘it’s no easy matter to make his writing out.

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