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Chapter 51

           ‘He’squiteaTroubadour,youknow;quiteaTroubadour!’

           Thesecomplimentaryexpressionswereutteredinasomewhatabsentanddistractedmanner;fortheunfortunatelawyer,besideshavingabadcoldinhishead,hadgotwetincoming,andwouldhavewillinglybornesomepecuniarysacrificeifhecouldhaveshiftedhispresentrawquarterstoawarmroom,anddriedhimselfatafire.Quilp,howeverwho,beyondthegratificationofhisdemonwhims,owedSampsonsomeacknowledgmentoftheparthehadplayedinthemourningsceneofwhichhehadbeenahiddenwitness,markedthesesymptomsofuneasinesswithadelightpastallexpression,andderivedfromthemasecretjoywhichthecostliestbanquetcouldneverhaveaffordedhim.

           Itisworthyofremark,too,asillustratingalittlefeatureinthecharacterofMissSallyBrass,that,althoughonherownaccountshewouldhavebornethediscomfortsoftheWildernesswithaveryillgrace,andwouldprobably,indeed,havewalkedoffbeforetheteaappeared,shenosoonerbeheldthelatentuneasinessandmiseryofherbrotherthanshedevelopedagrimsatisfaction,andbegantoenjoyherselfafterherownmanner.Thoughthewetcamestealingthroughtheroofandtricklingdownupontheirheads,MissBrassutterednocomplaint,butpresidedovertheteaequipagewithimperturbablecomposure.

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