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Chapter 6

           

           ‘Doyouknowwhat’sinsidethisletter,Nell?’

           ‘No,sir!’

           ‘Areyousure,quitesure,quitecertain,uponyoursoul?’

           ‘Quitesure,sir.’

           ‘Doyouwishyoumaydieifyoudoknow,hey?’saidthedwarf.

           ‘IndeedIdon’tknow,’returnedthechild.

           ‘Well!’mutteredQuilpashemarkedherearnestlook.‘Ibelieveyou.Humph!Gonealready?Goneinfour-and-twentyhours!Whatthedevilhashedonewithit,that’sthemystery!’

           Thisreflectionsethimscratchinghisheadandbitinghisnailsoncemore.Whilehewasthusemployedhisfeaturesgraduallyrelaxedintowhatwaswithhimacheerfulsmile,butwhichinanyothermanwouldhavebeenaghastlygrinofpain,andwhenthechildlookedupagainshefoundthathewasregardingherwithextraordinaryfavourandcomplacency.

           ‘Youlookveryprettyto-day,Nelly,charminglypretty.Areyoutired,Nelly?’

           ‘No,sir.I’minahurrytogetback,forhewillbeanxiouswhileIamaway.’

           ‘There’snohurry,littleNell,nohurryatall,’saidQuilp.‘Howshouldyouliketobemynumbertwo,Nelly?’

           ‘Tobewhat,sir?’

           ‘Mynumbertwo,Nelly,mysecond,myMrsQuilp,’saidthedwarf.

           Thechildlookedfrightened,butseemednottounderstandhim,whichMrQuilpobserving,hastenedtomakehismeaningmoredistinctly.

           ‘TobeMrsQuilpthesecond,whenMrsQuilpthefirstisdead,sweetNell,’saidQuilp,wrinklinguphiseyesandluringhertowardshimwithhisbentforefinger,‘tobemywife,mylittlecherry-cheeked,red-lippedwife.

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