CHAPTER CXV.
THE COOK BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.
At this last declaration of Mrs. Lovett’s late cook, regarding the tender adieu that he and comfort had taken of each other, Sir Richard Blunt only smiled faintly, and slightly inclined his hand as much as to say—
“That is all very well, but I am waiting to hear your story, if you please.”
“Well, sir,” added the cook. “You already know that I am not exactly what I seem, and that my being in that most abominable woman’s employment as a cook, was one of those odd freaks of fortune, which will at times detract the due order of society, and place people in the most extraordinary positions.”
“Exactly.”
“I am, sir, an orphan, and was brought up by an uncle with every expectation that he would be kind and liberal to me as I progresse
