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Chapter 51

           

           ‘Don’tlet’shaveanywrangling,’saidMissSally,stayinghishand.‘I’veshowedyouthatIknowhim,andthat’senough.’

           ‘She’salwaysforemost!’saidthedwarf,pattingheronthebackandlookingcontemptuouslyatSampson.‘Idon’tlikeKit,Sally.’

           ‘NorI,’rejoinedMissBrass.

           ‘NorI,’saidSampson.

           ‘Why,that’sright!’criedQuilp.‘Halfourworkisdonealready.ThisKitisoneofyourhonestpeople;oneofyourfaircharacters;aprowlingpryinghound;ahypocrite;adouble-faced,white-livered,sneakingspy;acrouchingcurtothosethatfeedandcoaxhim,andabarkingyelpingdogtoallbesides.’

           ‘Fearfullyeloquent!’criedBrasswithasneeze.‘Quiteappalling!’

           ‘Cometothepoint,’saidMissSally,‘anddon’ttalksomuch.’

           ‘Rightagain!’exclaimedQuilp,withanothercontemptuouslookatSampson,‘alwaysforemost!Isay,Sally,heisayelping,insolentdogtoallbesides,andmostofall,tome.Inshort,Iowehimagrudge.’‘That’senough,sir,’saidSampson.

           ‘No,it’snotenough,sir,’sneeredQuilp;‘willyouhearmeout?BesidesthatIowehimagrudgeonthataccount,hethwartsmeatthisminute,andstandsbetweenmeandanendwhichmightotherwiseproveagoldenonetousall.Apartfromthat,Irepeatthathecrossesmyhumour,andIhatehim.Now,youknowthelad,andcanguesstherest.Deviseyourownmeansofputtinghimoutofmyway,andexecutethem.Shallitbedone?’

           ‘Itshall,sir,’saidSampson.

           ‘Thengivemeyourhand,’retortedQuilp.‘Sally,girl,yours

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