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Chapter 28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

           

           ‘Signore!’interposedCavalletto,alsoaddressingArthur:‘fortocommence,hearme!Ireceivedyourinstructionstofindhim,Rigaud;isitnot?’

           ‘Itisthetruth.’

           ‘Igo,consequentementally,’—itwouldhavegivenMrsPlornishgreatconcernifshecouldhavebeenpersuadedthathisoccasionallengtheningofanadverbinthisway,wasthechieffaultofhisEnglish,—‘firstamongmycountrymen.IaskthemwhatnewsinLondra,offoreignersarrived.ThenIgoamongtheFrench.ThenIgoamongtheGermans.Theyalltellme.Thegreatpartofusknowwelltheother,andtheyalltellme.But!—nopersoncantellmenothingofhim,Rigaud.Fifteentimes,’saidCavalletto,thricethrowingouthislefthandwithallitsfingersspread,anddoingitsorapidlythatthesenseofsightcouldhardlyfollowtheaction,‘Iaskofhimineveryplacewheregotheforeigners;andfifteentimes,’repeatingthesameswiftperformance,‘theyknownothing.But!—’

           AtthissignificantItalianrestontheword‘But,’hisbackhandedshakeofhisrightforefingercameintoplay;averylittle,andverycautiously.

           ‘But!—AfteralongtimewhenIhavenotbeenabletofindthatheishereinLondra,someonetellsmeofasoldierwithwhitehair—hey?—nothairlikethisthathecarries—white—wholivesretiredsecrettementally,inacertainplace.But!—’withanotherrestupontheword,‘whosometimesintheafter-dinner,walks,andsmokes.Itisnecessary,astheysayinItaly(andastheyknow,poorpeople),tohavepatience.Ihavepatience.Iaskwhereisthiscertainplace.One.

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