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Chapter 29

           ItseemedasifsomebodyontheothersideofthisscreenhadbeeninsinuatingdoubtsofMrGroves’sprowess,andhadtherebygivenrisetotheseegotisticalexpressions,forMrGroveswounduphisdefiancebygivingaloudknockuponitwithhisknucklesandpausingforareplyfromtheotherside.

           ‘Therean’tmanymen,’saidMrGroves,noanswerbeingreturned,‘whowouldventur’tocrossJemGrovesunderhisownroof.There’sonlyoneman,Iknow,thathasnerveenoughforthat,andthatman’snotahundredmilefromhereneither.Buthe’sworthadozenmen,andIlethimsayofmewhateverhelikesinconsequenceheknowsthat.’

           Inreturnforthiscomplimentaryaddress,averygruffhoarsevoicebadeMrGroves‘holdhisnoiseandlightacandle.’Andthesamevoiceremarkedthatthesamegentleman‘needn’twastehisbreathinbrag,formostpeopleknewprettywellwhatsortofstuffhewasmadeof.’

           ‘Nell,they’rethey’replayingcards,’whisperedtheoldman,suddenlyinterested.‘Don’tyouhearthem?’

           ‘Looksharpwiththatcandle,’saidthevoice;‘it’sasmuchasIcandotoseethepipsonthecardsasitis;andgetthisshutterclosedasquickasyoucan,willyou?Yourbeerwillbetheworseforto-night’sthunderIexpect.Game!Seven-and-sixpencetome,oldIsaac.Handover.’

           ‘Doyouhear,Nell,doyouhearthem?’whisperedtheoldmanagain,withincreasedearnestness,asthemoneychinkeduponthetable.

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