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Chapter 2

           ‘Aprofligate,sir,whohasforfeitedeveryclaimnotonlyuponthosewhohavethemisfortunetobeofhisblood,butuponsocietywhichknowsnothingofhimbuthismisdeeds.Aliartoo,’headded,inalowervoiceashedrewclosertome,‘whoknowshowdearsheistome,andseekstowoundmeeventhere,becausethereisastrangernearby.’

           ‘Strangersarenothingtome,grandfather,’saidtheyoungfellowcatchingattheword,‘norItothem,Ihope.Thebesttheycando,istokeepaneyetotheirbusinessandleavemetomine.There’safriendofminewaitingoutside,andasitseemsthatImayhavetowaitsometime,I’llcallhimin,withyourleave.’

           Sayingthis,hesteppedtothedoor,andlookingdownthestreetbeckonedseveraltimestosomeunseenperson,who,tojudgefromtheairofimpatiencewithwhichthesesignalswereaccompanied,requiredagreatquantityofpersuasiontoinducehimtoadvance.Atlengththeresaunteredup,ontheoppositesideofthewaywithabadpretenseofpassingbyaccidentafigureconspicuousforitsdirtysmartness,whichafteragreatmanyfrownsandjerksofthehead,inresistanceoftheinvitation,ultimatelycrossedtheroadandwasbroughtintotheshop.

           ‘There.It’sDickSwiveller,’saidtheyoungfellow,pushinghimin.‘Sitdown,Swiveller.’

           ‘Butistheoldminagreeable?’saidMrSwivellerinanundertone.

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