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Chapter 48

           Butasclayintheabstract,whentoomuchmoistened,becomesofaweakanduncertainconsistency,breakingdowninunexpectedplaces,retainingimpressionsbutfaintly,andpreservingnostrengthorsteadinessofcharacter,soMrSwiveller’sclay,havingimbibedaconsiderablequantityofmoisture,wasinaverylooseandslipperystate,insomuchthatthevariousideasimpresseduponitwerefastlosingtheirdistinctivecharacter,andrunningintoeachother.Itisnotuncommonforhumanclayinthisconditiontovalueitselfaboveallthingsuponitsgreatprudenceandsagacity;andMrSwiveller,especiallyprizinghimselfuponthesequalities,tookoccasiontoremarkthathehadmadestrangediscoveriesinconnectionwiththesinglegentlemanwholodgedabove,whichhehaddeterminedtokeepwithinhisownbosom,andwhichneithertorturesnorcajoleryshouldeverinducehimtoreveal.OfthisdeterminationMrQuilpexpressedhishighapproval,andsettinghimselfinthesamebreathtogoadMrSwivellerontofurtherhints,soonmadeoutthatthesinglegentlemanhadbeenseenincommunicationwithKit,andthatthiswasthesecretwhichwasnevertobedisclosed.

           Possessedofthispieceofinformation,MrQuilpdirectlysupposedthatthesinglegentlemanabovestairsmustbethesameindividualwhohadwaitedonhim,andhavingassuredhimselfbyfurtherinquiriesthatthissurmisewascorrect,hadnodifficultyinarrivingattheconclusionthattheintentandobjectofhiscorrespondencewithKitwastherecoveryofhisoldclientandthechild.

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