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Chapter 33

           ‘Iwonderyou’renotashamedofyourselfbeforeastrangeyoungman.’

           ‘Thestrangeyoungman,’saidQuilp,handingDickSwivellerforward,‘istoosusceptiblehimselfnottounderstandmewell.ThisisMrSwiveller,myintimatefriendagentlemanofgoodfamilyandgreatexpectations,butwho,havingratherinvolvedhimselfbyyouthfulindiscretion,iscontentforatimetofillthehumblestationofaclerkhumble,butheremostenviable.Whatadeliciousatmosphere!’

           IfMrQuilpspokefiguratively,andmeanttoimplythattheairbreathedbyMissSallyBrasswassweetenedandrarefiedbythatdaintycreature,hehaddoubtlessgoodreasonforwhathesaid.ButifhespokeofthedelightsoftheatmosphereofMrBrass’sofficeinaliteralsense,hehadcertainlyapeculiartaste,asitwasofacloseandearthykind,and,besidesbeingfrequentlyimpregnatedwithstrongwhiffsofthesecond-handwearingapparelexposedforsaleinDuke’sPlaceandHoundsditch,hadadecidedflavourofratsandmice,andataintofmouldiness.PerhapssomedoubtsofitspuredelightpresentedthemselvestoMrSwiveller,ashegaveventtooneortwoshortabruptsniffs,andlookedincredulouslyatthegrinningdwarf.

           ‘MrSwiveller,’saidQuilp,‘beingprettywellaccustomedtotheagriculturalpursuitsofsowingwildoats,MissSally,prudentlyconsidersthathalfaloafisbetterthannobread.Tobeoutofharm’swayheprudentlythinksissomethingtoo,andthereforeheacceptsyourbrother’soffer.Brass,MrSwivellerisyours.’

           ‘Iamveryglad,Sir,’saidMrBrass,‘verygladindeed.

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