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Chapter 3

           

           ‘Humph!’saidthedwarfwithasourlookandashrugofhisshoulders,‘somuchfordearrelations.ThankGodIacknowledgenone!Norneedyoueither,’headded,turningtotheoldman,‘ifyouwerenotasweakasareed,andnearlyassenseless.’

           ‘Whatwouldyouhavemedo?’heretortedinakindofhelplessdesperation.‘Itiseasytotalkandsneer.Whatwouldyouhavemedo?’

           ‘WhatwouldIdoifIwasinyourcase?’saidthedwarf.

           ‘Somethingviolent,nodoubt.’

           ‘You’rerightthere,’returnedthelittleman,highlygratifiedbythecompliment,forsuchheevidentlyconsideredit;andgrinninglikeadevilasherubbedhisdirtyhandstogether.‘AskMrsQuilp,prettyMrsQuilp,obedient,timid,lovingMrsQuilp.ButthatremindsmeIhaveleftherallalone,andshewillbeanxiousandknownotamoment’speacetillIreturn.Iknowshe’salwaysinthatconditionwhenI’maway,thoughtshedoesn’tdaretosayso,unlessIleadheronandtellhershemayspeakfreelyandIwon’tbeangrywithher.Oh!well-trainedMrsQuilp.’

           Thecreatureappearedquitehorriblewithhismonstrousheadandlittlebody,asherubbedhishandsslowlyround,andround,androundagainwithsomethingfantasticeveninhismannerofperformingthisslightactionand,droppinghisshaggybrowsandcockinghischinintheair,glancedupwardwithastealthylookofexultationthatanimpmighthavecopiedandappropriatedtohimself.

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