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Chapter 28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

           Words,sir,neverinfluencethecourseofthecards,orthecourseofthedice.Doyouknowthat?Youdo?Ialsoplayagame,andwordsarewithoutpoweroverit.’

           NowthathewasconfrontedwithCavalletto,andknewthathisstorywasknown—whateverthindisguisehehadworn,hedropped;andfaceditout,withabareface,astheinfamouswretchhewas.

           ‘No,myson,’heresumed,withasnapofhisfingers.‘Iplaymygametotheendinspiteofwords;andDeathofmyBodyandDeathofmySoul!I’llwinit.YouwanttoknowwhyIplayedthislittletrickthatyouhaveinterrupted?KnowthenthatIhad,andthatIhave—doyouunderstandme?have—acommoditytoselltomyladyyourrespectablemother.Idescribedmypreciouscommodity,andfixedmyprice.Touchingthebargain,youradmirablemotherwasalittletoocalm,toostolid,tooimmovableandstatue-like.Infine,youradmirablemothervexedme.Tomakevarietyinmyposition,andtoamusemyself—what!agentlemanmustbeamusedatsomebody’sexpense!—Iconceivedthehappyideaofdisappearing.Anidea,seeyou,thatyourcharacteristicmotherandmyFlintwinchwouldhavebeenwellenoughpleasedtoexecute.Ah!Bah,bah,bah,don’tlookasfromhightolowatme!Irepeatit.Wellenoughpleased,excessivelyenchanted,andwithalltheirheartsravished.Howstronglywillyouhaveit?’

           Hethrewouttheleesofhisglassontheground,sothattheynearlyspatteredCavalletto.Thisseemedtodrawhisattentiontohimanew.Hesetdownhisglassandsaid:

           ‘I’llnotfillit.What!Iamborntobeserved.

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