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Chapter 16

           

           AndnowMrThomasCodlin,themisanthrope,afterblowingawayatthePan’spipesuntilhewasintenselywretched,tookhisstationononesideofthecheckeddraperywhichconcealedthemoverofthefigures,andputtinghishandsinhispocketspreparedtoreplytoallquestionsandremarksofPunch,andtomakeadismalfeintofbeinghismostintimateprivatefriend,ofbelievinginhimtothefullestandmostunlimitedextent,ofknowingthatheenjoyeddayandnightamerryandgloriousexistenceinthattemple,andthathewasatalltimesandundereverycircumstancethesameintelligentandjoyfulpersonthatthespectatorsthenbeheldhim.AllthisMrCodlindidwiththeairofamanwhohadmadeuphismindfortheworstandwasquiteresigned;hiseyeslowlywanderingaboutduringthebriskestreparteetoobservetheeffectupontheaudience,andparticularlytheimpressionmadeuponthelandlordandlandlady,whichmightbeproductiveofveryimportantresultsinconnexionwiththesupper.

           Uponthishead,however,hehadnocauseforanyanxiety,forthewholeperformancewasapplaudedtotheecho,andvoluntarycontributionswereshoweredinwithaliberalitywhichtestifiedyetmorestronglytothegeneraldelight.Amongthelaughternonewasmoreloudandfrequentthantheoldman’s.Nell’swasunheard,forshe,poorchild,withherheaddroopingonhisshoulder,hadfallenasleep,andslepttoosoundlytoberousedbyanyofhiseffortstoawakenhertoaparticipationinhisglee

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