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Chapter 49

           

           ‘Ah!’saidMrBrass,breakingthesilence,andraisinghiseyestotheceilingwithasigh,‘Whoknowsbuthemaybelookingdownuponusnow!Whoknowsbuthemaybesurveyingofusfromfromsomewheresoranother,andcontemplatinguswithawatchfuleye!OhLor!’

           HereMrBrassstoppedtodrinkhalfhispunch,andthenresumed;lookingattheotherhalf,ashespoke,withadejectedsmile.

           ‘Icanalmostfancy,’saidthelawyershakinghishead,‘thatIseehiseyeglisteningdownattheverybottomofmyliquor.Whenshallwelookuponhislikeagain?Never,never!’Oneminutewearehere’holdinghistumblerbeforehiseyes‘thenextwearethere’gulpingdownitscontents,andstrikinghimselfemphaticallyalittlebelowthechest‘inthesilenttomb.TothinkthatIshouldbedrinkinghisveryrum!Itseemslikeadream.’

           Withtheview,nodoubt,oftestingtherealityofhisposition,MrBrasspushedhistumblerashespoketowardsMrsJiniwinforthepurposeofbeingreplenished;andturnedtowardstheattendantmariners.

           ‘Thesearchhasbeenquiteunsuccessfulthen?’

           ‘Quite,master.ButIshouldsaythatifheturnsupanywhere,he’llcomeashoresomewhereaboutGrinidgeto-morrow,atebbtide,eh,mate?’

           Theothergentlemanassented,observingthathewasexpectedattheHospital,andthatseveralpensionerswouldbereadytoreceivehimwheneverhearrived.

           ‘Thenwehavenothingforitbutresignation,’saidMrBrass;‘nothingbutresignationandexpectation.Itwouldbeacomforttohavehisbody;itwouldbeadrearycomfort.

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