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Chapter 12

           

           ‘I’mgladtoseeyouwellagainatlast,neighbour,’saidthedwarf,sittingdownoppositehim.‘You’requitestrongnow?’

           ‘Yes,’saidtheoldmanfeebly,‘yes.’

           ‘Idon’twanttohurryyou,youknow,neighbour,’saidthedwarf,raisinghisvoice,fortheoldman’ssensesweredullerthantheyhadbeen;‘but,assoonasyoucanarrangeyourfutureproceedings,thebetter.’

           ‘Surely,’saidtheoldman.‘Thebetterforallparties.’

           ‘Yousee,’pursuedQuilpafterashortpause,‘thegoodsbeingonceremoved,thishousewouldbeuncomfortable;uninhabitableinfact.’

           ‘Yousaytrue,’returnedtheoldman.‘PoorNelltoo,whatwouldshedo?’

           ‘Exactly,’bawledthedwarfnoddinghishead;‘that’sverywellobserved.Thenwillyouconsideraboutit,neighbour?’

           ‘Iwill,certainly,’repliedtheoldman.‘Weshallnotstophere.’

           ‘SoIsupposed,’saidthedwarf.‘Ihavesoldthethings.Theyhavenotyieldedquiteasmuchastheymighthavedone,butprettywellprettywell.To-day’sTuesday.Whenshalltheybemoved?There’snohurryshallwesaythisafternoon?’

           ‘SayFridaymorning,’returnedtheoldman.

           ‘Verygood,’saidthedwarf.‘SobeitwiththeunderstandingthatIcan’tgobeyondthatday,neighbour,onanyaccount.’

           ‘Good,’returnedtheoldman.‘Ishallrememberit.’

           MrQuilpseemedratherpuzzledbythestrange,evenspiritlesswayinwhichallthiswassaid;butastheoldmannoddedhisheadandrepeated‘onFridaymorning.

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