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Chapter 18

           

           ‘You’renotagoingtostandthat!’criedMrCodlin,glancingattheclockagainandpullinghishairwithbothhandsinakindoffrenzy,butwhetheroccasionedbyhiscompanion’sobservationorthetardypaceofTime,itwasdifficulttodetermine.‘Here’saworldtolivein!’

           ‘I,’repeatedShortemphaticallyandslowly,‘amnota-goingtostandit.Iamnota-goingtoseethisfairyoungchildafallingintobadhands,andgettingamongpeoplethatshe’snomorefitfor,thantheyaretogetamongangelsastheirordinarychums.Thereforewhentheydewelopeanintentionofpartingcompanyfromus,Ishalltakemeasuresfordetainingof‘em,andrestoring‘emtotheirfriends,whoIdaresayhavehadtheirdisconsolationpasteduponeverywallinLondonbythistime.’

           ‘Short,’saidMrCodlin,whowithhisheaduponhishands,andhiselbowsonhisknees,hadbeenshakinghimselfimpatientlyfromsidetosideuptothispointandoccasionallystampingontheground,butwhonowlookedupwitheagereyes;‘it’spossiblethattheremaybeuncommongoodsenseinwhatyou’vesaid.Ifthereis,andthereshouldbeareward,Short,rememberthatwe’repartnersineverything!’

           Hiscompanionhadonlytimetonodabriefassenttothisposition,forthechildawokeattheinstant.Theyhaddrawnclosetogetherduringthepreviouswhispering,andnowhastilyseparatedandwereratherawkwardlyendeavouringtoexchangesomecasualremarksintheirusualtone,whenstrangefootstepswereheardwithout,andfreshcompanyentered.

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