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Chapter 21

           

           ThiscandiddeclarationtendedrathertoincreasethanrestrainMrQuilp’seccentricities,andRichardSwiveller,astonishedtoseehiminsucharoysteringvein,anddrinkingnotalittlehimself,forcompanybeganimperceptiblytobecomemorecompanionableandconfiding,sothat,beingjudiciouslyledonbyMrQuilp,hegrewatlastveryconfidingindeed.Havingoncegothimintothismood,andknowingnowthekey-notetostrikewheneverhewasataloss,DanielQuilp’staskwascomparativelyaneasyone,andhewassooninpossessionofthewholedetailsoftheschemecontrivedbetweentheeasyDickandhismoredesigningfriend.

           ‘Stop!’saidQuilp.‘That’sthething,that’sthething.Itcanbebroughtabout,itshallbebroughtabout.There’smyhanduponit;Iamyourfriendfromthisminute.’

           ‘What!doyouthinkthere’sstillachance?’inquiredDick,insurpriseatthisencouragement.

           ‘Achance!’echoedthedwarf,‘acertainty!SophyWacklesmaybecomeaCheggsoranythingelseshelikes,butnotaSwiveller.Ohyouluckydog!He’sricherthananyJewalive;you’reamademan.IseeinyounownothingbutNelly’shusband,rollingingoldandsilver.I’llhelpyou.Itshallbedone.Mindmywords,itshallbedone.’

           ‘Buthow?’saidDick.

           ‘There’splentyoftime,’rejoinedthedwarf,‘anditshallbedone.We’llsitdownandtalkitoveragainallthewaythrough.FillyourglasswhileI’mgone.Ishallbebackdirectlydirectly.

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