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Chapter 37

           

           AsMrSwivellerwasdecidedlyfavourabletotheseperformances,uponthegroundthatlookingataPunch,orindeedlookingatanythingoutofwindow,wasbetterthanworking;andashehadbeen,forthisreason,atsomepainstoawakeninhisfellowclerkasenseoftheirbeautiesandmanifolddeserts;bothheandMissSallyroseaswithoneaccordandtookuptheirpositionsatthewindow:uponthesillwhereof,asinapostofhonour,sundryyoungladiesandgentlemenwhowereemployedinthedrynurtureofbabies,andwhomadeapointofbeingpresent,withtheiryoungcharges,onsuchoccasions,hadalreadyestablishedthemselvesascomfortablyasthecircumstanceswouldallow.

           Theglassbeingdim,MrSwiveller,agreeablytoafriendlycustomwhichhehadestablishedbetweenthem,hitchedoffthebrownhead-dressfromMissSally’shead,anddusteditcarefullytherewith.Bythetimehehadhandeditback,anditsbeautifulwearerhadputitonagain(whichshedidwithperfectcomposureandindifference),thelodgerreturnedwiththeshowandshowmenathisheels,andastrongadditiontothebodyofspectators.Theexhibitordisappearedwithallspeedbehindthedrapery;andhispartner,stationinghimselfbythesideoftheTheatre,surveyedtheaudiencewitharemarkableexpressionofmelancholy,whichbecamemoreremarkablestillwhenhebreathedahornpipetuneintothatsweetmusicalinstrumentwhichispopularlytermedamouth-organ,withoutatallchangingthemournfulexpressionoftheupperpartofhisface,thoughhismouthandchinwere,ofnecessity,inlivelyspasms.

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