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Chapter 2

           withthat,hewinkedasifinpreservationofsomedeepsecret,andfoldinghisarmsandleaningbackinhischair,lookedupattheceilingwithprofoundgravity.

           Itwasperhapsnotveryunreasonabletosuspectfromwhathadalreadypassed,thatMrSwivellerwasnotquiterecoveredfromtheeffectsofthepowerfulsunlighttowhichhehadmadeallusion;butifnosuchsuspicionhadbeenawakenedbyhisspeech,hiswiryhair,dulleyes,andsallowfacewouldstillhavebeenstrongwitnessesagainsthim.Hisattirewasnot,ashehadhimselfhinted,remarkableforthenicestarrangement,butwasinastateofdisorderwhichstronglyinducedtheideathathehadgonetobedinit.Itconsistedofabrownbody-coatwithagreatmanybrassbuttonsupthefrontandonlyonebehind,abrightcheckneckerchief,aplaidwaistcoat,soiledwhitetrousers,andaverylimphat,wornwiththewrongsideforemost,tohideaholeinthebrim.Thebreastofhiscoatwasornamentedwithanoutsidepocketfromwhichtherepeepedforththecleanestendofaverylargeandveryill-favouredhandkerchief;hisdirtywristbandswerepulledonasfaraspossibleandostentatiouslyfoldedbackoverhiscuffs;hedisplayednogloves,andcarriedayellowcanehavingatthetopabonehandwiththesemblanceofaringonitslittlefingerandablackballinitsgrasp.

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