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Chapter 29

           

           ‘Wedidn’tseethehouse,sir,tillweheardyoucalling,’Nellreplied.

           ‘Nowonder,’saidtheman,‘withthislightninginone’seyes,by-the-by.Youhadbetterstandbythefirehere,anddryyourselvesabit.Youcancallforwhatyoulikeifyouwantanything.Ifyoudon’twantanything,youarenotobligedtogiveanorder.Don’tbeafraidofthat.Thisisapublic-house,that’sall.TheValiantSoldierisprettywellknownhereabouts.’

           ‘IsthishousecalledtheValiantSoldier,Sir?’askedNell.

           ‘Ithoughteverybodyknewthat,’repliedthelandlord.‘Wherehaveyoucomefrom,ifyoudon’tknowtheValiantSoldieraswellasthechurchcatechism?ThisistheValiantSoldier,byJamesGrovesJemGroveshonestJemGroves,asisamanofunblemishedmoralcharacter,andhasagooddryskittle-ground.IfanymanhasgotanythingtosayagainJemGroves,lethimsayittoJemGroves,andJemGrovescanaccommodatehimwithacustomeronanytermsfromfourpoundasidetoforty.

           Withthesewords,thespeakertappedhimselfonthewaistcoattointimatethathewastheJemGrovessohighlyeulogized;sparredscientificallyatacounterfeitJemGroves,whowassparringatsocietyingeneralfromablackframeoverthechimney-piece;and,applyingahalf-emptiedglassofspiritsandwatertohislips,drankJemGroves’shealth.

           Thenightbeingwarm,therewasalargescreendrawnacrosstheroom,forabarrieragainsttheheatofthefire.

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