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Chapter 5

           ‘Takethekey,orI’llbrainyouwithit’indeedhegavehimasmarttapwiththehandleashespoke.‘Now,openthecounting-house.’

           Theboysulkilycomplied,mutteringatfirst,butdesistingwhenhelookedroundandsawthatQuilpwasfollowinghimwithasteadylook.Andhereitmayberemarked,thatbetweenthisboyandthedwarfthereexistedastrangekindofmutualliking.Howbornorbred,andornourisheduponblowsandthreatsononeside,andretortsanddefiancesontheother,isnottothepurpose.Quilpwouldcertainlysuffernobodytocontracthimbuttheboy,andtheboywouldassuredlynothavesubmittedtobesoknockedaboutbyanybodybutQuilp,whenhehadthepowertorunawayatanytimehechose.

           ‘Now,’saidQuilp,passingintothewoodencounting-house,‘youmindthewharf.Standuponyourheadagin,andI’llcutoneofyourfeetoff.’

           Theboymadenoanswer,butdirectlyQuilphadshuthimselfin,stoodonhisheadbeforethedoor,thenwalkedonhishandstothebackandstoodonhisheadthere,andthentotheoppositesideandrepeatedtheperformance.Therewereindeedfoursidestothecounting-house,butheavoidedthatonewherethewindowwas,deemingitprobablethatQuilpwouldbelookingoutofit.Thiswasprudent,forinpointoffact,thedwarf,knowinghisdisposition,waslyinginwaitatalittledistancefromthesasharmedwithalargepieceofwood,which,beingroughandjaggedandstuddedinmanypartswithbrokennails,mightpossiblyhavehurthim.

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