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Chapter 51

           ‘Whatdoesyourmistresscallyouwhenshewantsyou?’

           ‘Alittledevil,’saidthechild.

           Sheaddedinthesamebreath,asiffearfulofanyfurtherquestioning,‘Butpleasewillyouleaveacardormessage?’

           Theseunusualanswersmightnaturallyhaveprovokedsomemoreinquiries.Quilp,however,withoututteringanotherword,withdrewhiseyesfromthesmallservant,strokedhischinmorethoughtfullythanbefore,andthen,bendingoverthenoteasiftodirectitwithscrupulousandhair-breadthnicety,lookedather,covertlybutverynarrowly,fromunderhisbushyeyebrows.Theresultofthissecretsurveywas,thatheshadedhisfacewithhishands,andlaughedslylyandnoiselessly,untileveryveininitwasswollenalmosttobursting.Pullinghishatoverhisbrowtoconcealhismirthanditseffects,hetossedthelettertothechild,andhastilywithdrew.

           Onceinthestreet,movedbysomesecretimpulse,helaughed,andheldhissides,andlaughedagain,andtriedtopeerthroughthedustyarearailingsasiftocatchanotherglimpseofthechild,untilhewasquitetiredout.Atlast,hetravelledbacktotheWilderness,whichwaswithinrifle-shotofhisbachelorretreat,andorderedteainthewoodensummer-housethatafternoonforthreepersons;aninvitationtoMissSallyBrassandherbrothertopartakeofthatentertainmentatthatplace,havingbeentheobjectbothofhisjourneyandhisnote.

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