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Chapter 17

           

           ‘Roughorsmooth,’saidMrCodlin,beatinghishandonthelittlefootboardwherePunch,whensuddenlystruckwiththesymmetryofhislegsandtheircapacityforsilkstockings,isaccustomedtoexhibitthemtopopularadmiration,‘roughorsmooth,Iwon’tgofurtherthanthemileandahalfto-night.IputupattheJollySandboysandnowhereelse.Ifyouliketocomethere,comethere.Ifyouliketogoonbyyourself,goonbyyourself,anddowithoutmeifyoucan.’

           Sosaying,MrCodlindisappearedfromthesceneandimmediatelypresentedhimselfoutsidethetheatre,tookitonhisshouldersatajerk,andmadeoffwithmostremarkableagility.

           Anyfurthercontroversybeingnowoutofthequestion,ShortwasfaintopartwithMrGrinderandhispupilsandtofollowhismorosecompanion.Afterlingeringatthefinger-postforafewminutestoseethestiltsfriskingawayinthemoonlightandthebearerofthedrumtoilingslowlyafterthem,heblewafewnotesuponthetrumpetasapartingsalute,andhastenedwithallspeedtofollowMrCodlin.WiththisviewhegavehisunoccupiedhandtoNell,andbiddingherbeofgoodcheerastheywouldsoonbeattheendoftheirjourneyforthatnight,andstimulatingtheoldmanwithasimilarassurance,ledthemataprettyswiftpacetowardstheirdestination,whichhewasthelessunwillingtomakefor,asthemoonwasnowovercastandthecloudswerethreateningrain.

           

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