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Chapter 21

           ‘Ihaveentereduponaspeculationwhichhasprovedabaffler;andaBeingofbrightnessandbeautywillbeofferedupasacrificeatCheggs’saltar.That’sall,sir.’

           ThedwarfeyedRichardwithasarcasticsmile,butRichard,whohadbeentakingaratherstronglunchwithafriend,observedhimnot,andcontinuedtodeplorehisfatewithmournfulanddespondentlooks.Quilpplainlydiscernedthattherewassomesecretreasonforthisvisitandhisuncommondisappointment,and,inthehopethattheremightbemeansofmischieflurkingbeneathit,resolvedtowormitout.Hehadnosooneradoptedthisresolution,thanheconveyedasmuchhonestyintohisfaceasitwascapableofexpressing,andsympathisedwithMrSwivellerexceedingly.

           ‘Iamdisappointedmyself,’saidQuilp,‘outofmerefriendlyfeelingforthem;butyouhaverealreasons,privatereasonsIhavenodoubt,foryourdisappointment,andthereforeitcomesheavierthanmine.’

           ‘Why,ofcourseitdoes,’Dickobserved,testily.

           ‘Uponmyword,I’mverysorry,verysorry.I’mrathercastdownmyself.Aswearecompanionsinadversity,shallwebecompanionsinthesurestwayofforgettingit?Ifyouhadnoparticularbusiness,now,toleadyouinanotherdirection,’urgedQuilp,pluckinghimbythesleeveandlookingslylyupintohisfaceoutofthecornersofhiseyes,‘thereisahousebythewater-sidewheretheyhavesomeofthenoblestSchiedamreputedtobesmuggled,butthat’sbetweenourselvesthatcanbegotinalltheworld.Thelandlordknowsme.

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