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Chapter 37

           Bumblehadquitedignityenoughfortwo;supposingeventhatthestrangerhadbeenmorefamiliar:sohedrankhisgin-and-waterinsilence,andreadthepaperwithgreatshowofpompandcircumstance.

           Itsohappened,however:asitwillhappenveryoften,whenmenfallintocompanyundersuchcircumstances:thatMr.Bumblefelt,everynowandthen,apowerfulinducement,whichhecouldnotresist,tostealalookatthestranger:andthatwheneverhedidso,hewithdrewhiseyes,insomeconfusion,tofindthatthestrangerwasatthatmomentstealingalookathim.Mr.Bumble’sawkwardnesswasenhancedbytheveryremarkableexpressionofthestranger’seye,whichwaskeenandbright,butshadowedbyascowlofdistrustandsuspicion,unlikeanythinghehadeverobservedbefore,andrepulsivetobehold.

           Whentheyhadencounteredeachother’sglanceseveraltimesinthisway,thestranger,inaharsh,deepvoice,brokesilence.

           ‘Wereyoulookingforme,’hesaid,‘whenyoupeeredinatthewindow?’

           ‘NotthatIamawareof,unlessyou’reMr.HereMr.Bumblestoppedshort;forhewascurioustoknowthestranger’sname,andthoughtinhisimpatience,hemightsupplytheblank.

           ‘Iseeyouwerenot,’saidthestranger;andexpressionofquietsarcasmplayingabouthismouth;‘oryouhaveknownmyname.Youdon’tknowit.Iwouldrecommendyounottoaskforit.

           ‘Imeantnoharm,youngman,’observedMr.Bumble,majestically.

           ‘Andhavedonenone,’saidthestranger.

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