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Chapter 50

           

           ‘Andwhatcameofit?’

           ‘Why,insteadofmyfriend’sburstingintotearswhenheknewwhoFredwas,embracinghimkindly,andtellinghimthathewashisgrandfather,orhisgrandmotherindisguise(whichwefullyexpected),heflewintoatremendouspassion;calledhimallmannerofnames;saiditwasinagreatmeasurehisfaultthatlittleNellandtheoldgentlemanhadeverbeenbroughttopoverty;didn’thintatourtakinganythingtodrink;andandinshortratherturnedusoutoftheroomthanotherwise.’

           ‘That’sstrange,’saidthedwarf,musing.

           ‘Soweremarkedtoeachotheratthetime,’returnedDickcoolly,‘butquitetrue.’

           Quilpwasplainlystaggeredbythisintelligence,overwhichhebroodedforsometimeinmoodysilence,oftenraisinghiseyestoMrSwiveller’sface,andsharplyscanningitsexpression.Ashecouldreadinit,however,noadditionalinformationoranythingtoleadhimtobelievehehadspokenfalsely;andasMrSwiveller,lefttohisownmeditations,sigheddeeply,andwasevidentlygrowingmaudlinonthesubjectofMrsCheggs;thedwarfsoonbrokeuptheconferenceandtookhisdeparture,leavingthebereavedonetohismelancholyruminations.

           ‘Havebeenbroughttogether,eh?’saidthedwarfashewalkedthestreetsalone.‘Myfriendhasstolenamarchuponme.Itledhimtonothing,andthereforeisnogreatmatter,saveintheintention.I’mgladhehaslosthismistress.Haha!Theblockheadmustn’tleavethelawatpresent.

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