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Chapter 25

           MasterBateswasalsoattentivetotheplay;butbeingofamoreexcitablenaturethanhisaccomplishedfriend,itwasobservablethathemorefrequentlyappliedhimselftothegin-and-water,andmoreoverindulgedinmanyjestsandirrelevantremarks,allhighlyunbecomingascientificrubber.Indeed,theArtful,presumingupontheircloseattachment,morethanoncetookoccasiontoreasongravelywithhiscompanionupontheseimproprieties;allofwhichremonstrances,MasterBatesreceivedinextremelygoodpart;merelyrequestinghisfriendtobe‘blowed,’ortoinserthisheadinasack,orreplyingwithsomeotherneatly-turnedwitticismofasimilarkind,thehappyapplicationofwhich,excitedconsiderableadmirationinthemindofMr.Chitling.Itwasremarkablethatthelattergentlemanandhispartnerinvariablylost;andthatthecircumstance,sofarfromangeringMasterBates,appearedtoaffordhimthehighestamusement,inasmuchashelaughedmostuproariouslyattheendofeverydeal,andprotestedthathehadneverseensuchajollygameinallhisborndays.

           ‘That’stwodoublesandtherub,’saidMr.Chitling,withaverylongface,ashedrewhalf-a-crownfromhiswaistcoat-pocket.‘Ineverseesuchafellerasyou,Jack;youwineverything.Evenwhenwe’vegoodcards,CharleyandIcan’tmakenothingof’em.

           Eitherthemasterorthemannerofthisremark,whichwasmadeveryruefully,delightedCharleyBatessomuch,thathisconsequentshoutoflaughterrousedtheJewfromhisreverie,andinducedhimtoinquirewhatwasthematter.

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