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Chapter 17

           

           ‘Well,aretheytogowithusornot?’

           ‘Yes,theyare,’saidMrCodlin;‘butyoumighthavemadeafavourofit,mightn’tyou?’

           TherealnameofthelittlemanwasHarris,butithadgraduallymergedintothelesseuphoniousoneofTrotters,which,withtheprefatoryadjective,Short,hadbeenconferreduponhimbyreasonofthesmallsizeofhislegs.ShortTrottershowever,beingacompoundname,inconvenientofuseinfriendlydialogue,thegentlemanonwhomithadbeenbestowedwasknownamonghisintimateseitheras‘Short,’or‘Trotters,’andwasseldomaccostedatfulllengthasShortTrotters,exceptinformalconversationsandonoccasionsofceremony.

           Short,then,orTrotters,asthereaderpleases,returneduntotheremonstranceofhisfriendMrThomasCodlinajocoseanswercalculatedtoturnasidehisdiscontent;andapplyinghimselfwithgreatrelishtothecoldboiledbeef,thetea,andbreadandbutter,stronglyimpresseduponhiscompanionsthattheyshoulddothelike.MrCodlinindeedrequirednosuchpersuasion,ashehadalreadyeatenasmuchashecouldpossiblycarryandwasnowmoisteninghisclaywithstrongale,whereofhetookdeepdraughtswithasilentrelishandinvitednobodytopartakethusagainstronglyindicatinghismisanthropicalturnofmind.

           Breakfastbeingatlengthover,MrCodlincalledthebill,andchargingthealetothecompanygenerally(apracticealsosavouringofmisanthropy)dividedthesum-totalintotwofairandequalparts,assigningonemoietytohimselfandfriend,andtheothertoNellyandhergrandfather.

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