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Chapter 26

           ‘Sikesisnot,Isuppose?’inquiredtheJew,withadisappointedcountenance.

           ‘Nonistwentus,asthelawyerssay,’repliedthelittleman,shakinghishead,andlookingamazinglysly.‘Haveyougotanythinginmylineto-night?’

           ‘Nothingto-night,’saidtheJew,turningaway.

           ‘AreyougoinguptotheCripples,Fagin?’criedthelittleman,callingafterhim.‘Stop!Idon’tmindifIhaveadroptherewithyou!’

           ButastheJew,lookingback,wavedhishandtointimatethathepreferredbeingalone;and,moreover,asthelittlemancouldnotveryeasilydisengagehimselffromthechair;thesignoftheCrippleswas,foratime,bereftoftheadvantageofMr.Lively’spresence.Bythetimehehadgotuponhislegs,theJewhaddisappeared;soMr.Lively,afterineffectuallystandingontiptoe,inthehopeofcatchingsightofhim,againforcedhimselfintothelittlechair,and,exchangingashakeoftheheadwithaladyintheoppositeshop,inwhichdoubtandmistrustwereplainlymingled,resumedhispipewithagravedemeanour.

           TheThreeCripples,orrathertheCripples;whichwasthesignbywhichtheestablishmentwasfamiliarlyknowntoitspatrons:wasthepublic-houseinwhichMr.Sikesandhisdoghavealreadyfigured.Merelymakingasigntoamanatthebar,Faginwalkedstraightupstairs,andopeningthedoorofaroom,andsoftlyinsinuatinghimselfintothechamber,lookedanxiouslyabout:shadinghiseyeswithhishand,asifinsearchofsomeparticularperson.

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