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Chapter 33

           

           ‘Oh,beautiful,beautiful!Beau-ti-fulindeed!’criedBrass.‘It’satreattohearhim!’

           ‘WherewillMrSwivellersit?’saidQuilp,lookinground.

           ‘Why,we’llbuyanotherstool,sir,’returnedBrass.‘Wehadn’tanythoughtsofhavingagentlemanwithus,sir,untilyouwerekindenoughtosuggestit,andouraccommodation’snotextensive.We’lllookaboutforasecond-handstool,sir.Inthemeantime,ifMrSwivellerwilltakemyseat,andtryhishandatafaircopyofthisejectment,asIshallbeoutprettywellallthemorning

           ‘Walkwithme,’saidQuilp.‘Ihaveawordortwotosaytoyouonpointsofbusiness.Canyousparethetime?’

           ‘CanIsparethetimetowalkwithyou,sir?You’rejoking,sir,you’rejokingwithme,’repliedthelawyer,puttingonhishat.‘I’mready,sir,quiteready.Mytimemustbefullyoccupiedindeed,sir,nottoleavemetimetowalkwithyou.It’snoteverybody,sir,whohasanopportunityofimprovinghimselfbytheconversationofMrQuilp.’

           Thedwarfglancedsarcasticallyathisbrazenfriend,and,withashortdrycough,turneduponhisheeltobidadieutoMissSally.Afteraverygallantpartingonhisside,andaverycoolandgentlemanlysortofoneonhers,henoddedtoDickSwiveller,andwithdrewwiththeattorney.

           Dickstoodatthedeskinastateofutterstupefaction,staringwithallhismightatthebeauteousSally,asifshehadbeensomecuriousanimalwhoselikehadneverlived.

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