“You’ve been as far as the gate then, Mr. Venus?”

“Yes, Mr. Wegg, and peeped in from curiosity.”

“Did you see anything?”

“Nothing but the dust-yard.”

Mr. Wegg rolls his eyes all round the room, in that ever unsatisfied quest of his, and then rolls his eyes all round Mr. Venus; as if suspicious of his having something about him to be found out.