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Chapter 32. More Fortune-Telling

           

           Withthosewordshepresentedanothermanwithoutahat,andalsowithacigar,andalsosurroundedwithahaloofaleandtobaccosmoke,whichman,thoughnotsoexcitedashimself,wasinastatewhichwouldhavebeenakintolunacybutforitsfadingintosobermethodwhencomparedwiththerampancyofMrPancks.

           ‘MrClennam,MrRugg,’saidPancks.‘Stopamoment.Cometothepump.’

           Theyadjournedtothepump.MrPancks,instantlyputtinghisheadunderthespout,requestedMrRuggtotakeagoodstrongturnatthehandle.MrRuggcomplyingtotheletter,MrPanckscameforthsnortingandblowingtosomepurpose,anddriedhimselfonhishandkerchief.

           ‘Iamtheclearerforthat,’hegaspedtoClennamstandingastonished.‘Butuponmysoul,tohearherfathermakingspeechesinthatchair,knowingwhatweknow,andtoseeherupinthatroominthatdress,knowingwhatweknow,isenoughto—givemeaback,MrRugg—alittlehigher,sir,—that’lldo!’

           Thenandthere,onthatMarshalseapavement,intheshadesofevening,didMrPancks,ofallmankind,flyovertheheadandshouldersofMrRuggofPentonville,GeneralAgent,Accountant,andRecovererofDebts.Alightingonhisfeet,hetookClennambythebutton-hole,ledhimbehindthepump,andpantinglyproducedfromhispocketabundleofpapers.

           MrRugg,also,pantinglyproducedfromhispocketabundleofpapers.

           ‘Stay!’saidClennaminawhisper.‘Youhavemadeadiscovery.’

           MrPancksanswered,withanunctionwhichthereisnolanguagetoconvey,‘Weratherthinkso

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