"beg pardon" meaning in English

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          "text": "`What is the matter, Job?' I said. `Beg pardon, sir,' he said, touching his hair. `I thought you were asleep, sir; and I am sure you seem as though you want it.'",
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        "Abbreviated form of I beg your pardon."
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