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Chapter 5

           I’malittlehunchyvillainandamonster,amI,MrsJiniwin?Oh!’

           Thepleasureofthisdiscoverycalleduptheolddoglikesmileinfullforce.Whenhehadquitedonewithit,heshookhimselfinaverydoglikemanner,andrejoinedtheladies.

           MrQuilpnowwalkeduptofrontofalooking-glass,andwasstandingthereputtingonhisneckerchief,whenMrsJiniwinhappeningtobebehindhim,couldnotresisttheinclinationshefelttoshakeherfistathertyrantson-in-law.Itwasthegestureofaninstant,butasshedidsoandaccompaniedtheactionwithamenacinglook,shemethiseyeintheglass,catchingherintheveryact.Thesameglanceatthemirrorconveyedtoherthereflectionofahorriblygrotesqueanddistortedfacewiththetonguelollingout;andthenextinstantthedwarf,turningaboutwithaperfectlyblandandplacidlook,inquiredinatoneofgreataffection.

           ‘Howareyounow,mydearolddarling?’

           Slightandridiculousastheincidentwas,itmadehimappearsuchalittlefiend,andwithalsuchakeenandknowingone,thattheoldwomanfelttoomuchafraidofhimtoutterasingleword,andsufferedherselftobeledwithextraordinarypolitenesstothebreakfast-table.

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