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Chapter 25. Conspirators and Others

           MeanwhileMrPancks,looking,notwithoutsomepity,atYoungJohn,slowlyandthoughtfullytwisteduphiscanvasbagasifhewerewringingitsneck.Thelady,returningasherestoredittohispocket,mixedrumandwaterfortheparty,notforgettingherfairself,andhandedtoeveryonehisglass.Whenallweresupplied,MrRuggrose,andsilentlyholdingouthisglassatarm’slengthabovethecentreofthetable,bythatgestureinvitedtheotherthreetoaddtheirs,andtouniteinageneralconspiratorialclink.Theceremonywaseffectiveuptoacertainpoint,andwouldhavebeenwhollysothroughout,ifMissRugg,assheraisedherglasstoherlipsincompletionofit,hadnothappenedtolookatYoungJohn;whenshewasagainsoovercomebythecontemptiblecomicalityofhisdisinterestednessastospluttersomeambrosialdropsofrumandwateraround,andwithdrawinconfusion.

           Suchwasthedinnerwithoutprecedent,givenbyPancksatPentonville;andsuchwasthebusyandstrangelifePancksled.Theonlywakingmomentsatwhichheappearedtorelaxfromhiscares,andtorecreatehimselfbygoinganywhereorsayinganythingwithoutapervadingobject,werewhenheshowedadawninginterestinthelameforeignerwiththestick,downBleedingHeartYard.

           Theforeigner,bynameJohnBaptistCavalletto—theycalledhimMrBaptistintheYard—wassuchachirping,easy,hopefullittlefellow,thathisattractionforPanckswasprobablyintheforceofcontrast.

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