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Chapter 48

           ‘Ohsurely,sir.Suchanhonourandpleasureit’sboth,Christopher’smother,it’sbothisnottobeforgottensosoon.Bynomeans!’

           ‘YoumayrememberthatthedayIarrivedinLondon,andfoundthehousetowhichIdrove,emptyanddeserted,Iwasdirectedbysomeoftheneighbourstoyou,andwaiteduponyouwithoutstoppingforrestorrefreshment?’

           ‘Howprecipitatethatwas,andyetwhatanearnestandvigorousmeasure!’saidQuilp,conferringwithhimself,inimitationofhisfriendMrSampsonBrass.

           ‘Ifound,’saidthesinglegentleman,‘youmostunaccountably,inpossessionofeverythingthathadsorecentlybelongedtoanotherman,andthatotherman,whouptothetimeofyourenteringuponhispropertyhadbeenlookeduponasaffluent,reducedtosuddenbeggary,anddrivenfromhouseandhome.’

           ‘Wehadwarrantforwhatwedid,mygoodsir,’rejoinedQuilp,‘wehadourwarrant.Don’tsaydriveneither.Hewentofhisownaccordvanishedinthenight,sir.’

           ‘Nomatter,’saidthesinglegentlemanangrily.‘Hewasgone.’

           ‘Yes,hewasgone,’saidQuilp,withthesameexasperatingcomposure.‘Nodoubthewasgone.Theonlyquestionwas,where.Andit’saquestionstill.’

           ‘Now,whatamItothink,’saidthesinglegentleman,sternlyregardinghim,‘ofyou,who,plainlyindisposedtogivemeanyinformationthennay,obviouslyholdingback,andshelteringyourselfwithallkindsofcunning,trickery,andevasionaredoggingmyfootstepsnow?’

           ‘Idogging!’criedQuilp.

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