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Chapter 50

           Inanupperroomofoneofthesehousesadetachedhouseoffairsize,ruinousinotherrespects,butstronglydefendedatdoorandwindow:ofwhichhousethebackcommandedtheditchinmanneralreadydescribedtherewereassembledthreemen,who,regardingeachothereverynowandthenwithlooksexpressiveofperplexityandexpectation,satforsometimeinprofoundandgloomysilence.OneofthesewasTobyCrackit,anotherMr.Chitling,andthethirdarobberoffiftyyears,whosenosehadbeenalmostbeatenin,insomeoldscuffle,andwhosefaceboreafrightfulscarwhichmightprobablybetracedtothesameoccasion.Thismanwasareturnedtransport,andhisnamewasKags.

           ‘Iwish,’saidTobyturningtoMr.Chitling,‘thatyouhadpickedoutsomeothercrigwhenthetwooldonesgottoowarm,andhadnotcomehere,myfinefeller.

           ‘Whydidn’tyou,blunder-head!’saidKags.

           ‘Well,Ithoughtyou’dhavebeenalittlemoregladtoseemethanthis,’repliedMr.Chitling,withamelancholyair.

           ‘Why,look’e,younggentleman,’saidToby,‘whenamankeepshimselfsoveryex-clusiveasIhavedone,andbythatmeanshasasnughouseoverhisheadwithnobodyapryingandsmellingaboutit,it’sratherastartlingthingtohavethehonourofawisitfromayounggentleman(howeverrespectableandpleasantapersonhemaybetoplaycardswithatconweniency)circumstancedasyouare.

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