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Chapter 35

           Astheirutmostexertionshadnotenabledthemtooverhearawordoftheinterview,however,inconsequenceofaquarrelforprecedence,which,thoughlimitedofnecessitytopushesandpinchesandsuchquietpantomime,hadlastedthewholetime,theyhurriedhimdowntotheofficetohearhisaccountoftheconversation.

           ThisMrSwivellergavethemfaithfullyasregardedthewishesandcharacterofthesinglegentleman,andpoeticallyasconcernedthegreattrunk,ofwhichhegaveadescriptionmoreremarkableforbrilliancyofimaginationthanastrictadherencetotruth;declaring,withmanystrongasseverations,thatitcontainedaspecimenofeverykindofrichfoodandwine,knowninthesetimes,andinparticularthatitwasofaself-actingkindandservedupwhateverwasrequired,ashesupposedbyclock-work.Healsogavethemtounderstandthatthecookingapparatusroastedafinepieceofsirloinofbeef,weighingaboutsixpoundsavoir-dupoise,intwominutesandaquarter,ashehadhimselfwitnessed,andprovedbyhissenseoftaste;andfurther,that,howevertheeffectwasproduced,hehaddistinctlyseenwaterboilandbubbleupwhenthesinglegentlemanwinked;fromwhichfactshe(MrSwiveller)wasledtoinferthatthelodgerwassomegreatconjurororchemist,orboth,whoseresidenceunderthatroofcouldnotfailatsomefuturedaystoshedagreatcreditanddistinctiononthenameofBrass,andaddanewinteresttothehistoryofBevisMarks

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