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Chapter 51

           Irelyasmuch,ormore,onyouthanhim.TomScottcomesback.Lantern,pipes,moregrog,andajollynightofit!’

           Nootherwordwasspoken,nootherlookexchanged,whichhadtheslightestreferencetothis,therealoccasionoftheirmeeting.Thetriowerewellaccustomedtoacttogether,andwerelinkedtoeachotherbytiesofmutualinterestandadvantage,andnothingmorewasneeded.Resuminghisboisterousmannerwiththesameeasewithwhichhehadthrownitoff,Quilpwasinaninstantthesameuproarious,recklesslittlesavagehehadbeenafewsecondsbefore.Itwasteno’clockatnightbeforetheamiableSallysupportedherbelovedandlovingbrotherfromtheWilderness,bywhichtimeheneededtheutmostsupporthertenderframecouldrender;hiswalkbeingfromsomeunknownreasonanythingbutsteady,andhislegsconstantlydoublingupinunexpectedplaces.

           Overpowered,notwithstandinghislateprolongedslumbers,bythefatiguesofthelastfewdays,thedwarflostnotimeincreepingtohisdaintyhouse,andwassoondreaminginhishammock.Leavinghimtovisions,inwhichperhapsthequietfigureswequittedintheoldchurchporchwerenotwithouttheirshare,beitourtasktorejointhemastheysatandwatched.

           

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