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Chapter 38

           

           ‘Hallo!’saidDick,‘whoisthat?’

           ‘HecalledtoseemyGovernorthismorning,’repliedMrChuckster;‘beyondthat,Idon’tknowhimfromAdam.’

           ‘Atleastyouknowhisname?’saidDick.

           TowhichMrChucksterreplied,withanelevationofspeechbecomingaGloriousApollo,thathewas‘everlastinglyblessed’ifhedid.

           ‘AllIknow,mydearfeller,’saidMrChuckster,runninghisfingersthroughhishair,‘is,thatheisthecauseofmyhavingstoodheretwentyminutes,forwhichIhatehimwithamortalandundyinghatred,andwouldpursuehimtotheconfinesofeternityifIcouldaffordthetime.’

           Whiletheywerethusdiscoursing,thesubjectoftheirconversation(whohadnotappearedtorecogniseMrRichardSwiveller)re-enteredthehouse,andKitcamedownthestepsandjoinedthem;towhomMrSwivelleragainpropoundedhisinquirywithnobettersuccess.

           ‘Heisaverynicegentleman,Sir,’saidKit,‘andthat’sallIknowabouthim.’

           MrChucksterwaxedwrothatthisanswer,andwithoutapplyingtheremarktoanyparticularcase,mentioned,asageneraltruth,thatitwasexpedienttobreaktheheadsofSnobs,andtotweaktheirnoses.Withoutexpressinghisconcurrenceinthissentiment,MrSwivellerafterafewmomentsofabstractioninquiredwhichwayKitwasdriving,and,beinginformed,declareditwashisway,andthathewouldtrespassonhimforalift.

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