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Chapter 62

           Amassoftimberonitshead,carvedintothedimanddistantsemblanceofacockedhat,togetherwitharepresentationofastarontheleftbreastandepaulettesontheshoulders,denotedthatitwasintendedfortheeffigyofsomefamousadmiral;but,withoutthosehelps,anyobservermighthavesupposedittheauthenticportraitofadistinguishedmerman,orgreatsea-monster.Beingoriginallymuchtoolargefortheapartmentwhichitwasnowemployedtodecorate,ithadbeensawnshortoffatthewaist.Eveninthisstateitreachedfromfloortoceiling;andthrustingitselfforward,withthatexcessivelywide-awakeaspect,andairofsomewhatobtrusivepoliteness,bywhichfigure-headsareusuallycharacterised,seemedtoreduceeverythingelsetomerepigmyproportions.

           ‘Doyouknowit?’saidthedwarf,watchingSampson’seyes.‘Doyouseethelikeness?’

           ‘Eh?’saidBrass,holdinghisheadononeside,andthrowingitalittleback,asconnoisseursdo.‘NowIlookatitagain,IfancyIseeayes,therecertainlyissomethinginthesmilethatremindsmeofandyetuponmywordI

           Now,thefactwas,thatSampson,havingneverseenanythinginthesmallestdegreeresemblingthissubstantialphantom,wasmuchperplexed;beinguncertainwhetherMrQuilpconsidereditlikehimself,andhadthereforeboughtitforafamilyportrait;orwhetherhewaspleasedtoconsideritasthelikenessofsomeenemy.

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