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Chapter 30. Closing in

           )‘ThoughIcanprovebyfigures,’addedMrPancks,withananxiouscountenance,‘thatitoughttohavebeenagoodinvestment.Ihavegoneoveritsinceitfailed,everydayofmylife,anditcomesout—regardedasaquestionoffigures—triumphant.Thepresentisnotatimeorplace,’MrPanckspursued,withalongingglanceintohishat,wherehekepthiscalculations,‘forenteringuponthefigures;butthefiguresarenottobedisputed.MrClennamoughttohavebeenatthismomentinhiscarriageandpair,andIoughttohavebeenworthfromthreetofivethousandpound.’

           MrPancksputhishairerectwithageneralaspectofconfidencethatcouldhardlyhavebeensurpassed,ifhehadhadtheamountinhispocket.Theseincontrovertiblefigureshadbeentheoccupationofeverymomentofhisleisuresincehehadlosthismoney,andweredestinedtoaffordhimconsolationtotheendofhisdays.

           ‘However,’saidMrPancks,‘enoughofthat.Altro,oldboy,youhaveseenthefigures,andyouknowhowtheycomeout.’MrBaptist,whohadnottheslightestarithmeticalpowerofcompensatinghimselfinthisway,nodded,withafinedisplayofbrightteeth.

           AtwhomMrFlintwinchhadbeenlooking,andtowhomhethensaid:

           ‘Oh!it’syou,isit?IthoughtIrememberedyourface,butIwasn’tcertaintillIsawyourteeth.Ah!yes,tobesure.Itwasthisofficiousrefugee,’saidJeremiahtoMrsClennam,‘whocameknockingatthedooronthenightwhenArthurandChatterboxwerehere,andwhoaskedmeawholeCatechismofquestionsaboutMrBlandois.

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