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Chapter 13

           

           ‘Keepinghisplaceofretirementveryclose,thathemaynotbevisitedtoooftenbyaffectionategrandsonsandtheirdevotedfriends,eh?’addedthedwarf,rubbinghishandshard;‘Isaynothing,butisthatyourmeaning?’

           RichardSwivellerwasutterlyaghastatthisunexpectedalterationofcircumstances,whichthreatenedthecompleteoverthrowoftheprojectinwhichheboresoconspicuousapart,andseemedtoniphisprospectsinthebud.HavingonlyreceivedfromFrederickTrent,lateonthepreviousnight,informationoftheoldman’sillness,hehadcomeuponavisitofcondolenceandinquirytoNell,preparedwiththefirstinstalmentofthatlongtrainoffascinationswhichwastofireherheartatlast.Andhere,whenhehadbeenthinkingofallkindsofgracefulandinsinuatingapproaches,andmeditatingonthefearfulretaliationwhichwasslowlyworkingagainstSophyWacklesherewereNell,theoldman,andallthemoneygone,meltedaway,decampedheknewnotwhither,asifwithafore-knowledgeoftheschemeandaresolutiontodefeatitintheveryoutset,beforeastepwastaken.

           Inhissecretheart,DanielQuilpwasbothsurprisedandtroubledbytheflightwhichhadbeenmade.Ithadnotescapedhiskeeneyethatsomeindispensablearticlesofclothingweregonewiththefugitives,andknowingtheoldman’sweakstateofmind,hemarvelledwhatthatcourseofproceedingmightbeinwhichhehadsoreadilyprocuredtheconcurrenceofthechild.Itmustnotbesupposed(oritwouldbeagrossinjusticetoMrQuilp)thathewastorturedbyanydisinterestedanxietyonbehalfofeither.

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