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Chapter 6

           

           ‘Come,youdropthatstickorit’llbeworseforyou,’saidhisboy,dodgingroundhimandwatchinganopportunitytorushin;‘youdropthatstick.’

           ‘Comealittlenearer,andI’lldropitonyourskull,youdog,’saidQuilp,withgleamingeyes;‘alittlenearerneareryet.’

           Buttheboydeclinedtheinvitationuntilhismasterwasapparentlyalittleoffhisguard,whenhedartedinandseizingtheweapontriedtowrestitfromhisgrasp.Quilp,whowasasstrongasalion,easilykepthisholduntiltheboywastuggingatitwithhisutmostpower,whenhesuddenlyletitgoandsenthimreelingbackwards,sothathefellviolentlyuponhishead.ThesuccessofthismanoeuvretickledMrQuilpbeyonddescription,andhelaughedandstampeduponthegroundasatamostirresistiblejest.

           ‘Nevermind,’saidtheboy,noddinghisheadandrubbingitatthesametime;‘youseeifeverIoffertostrikeanybodyagainbecausetheysayyou’reanuglierdwarfthancanbeseenanywheresforapenny,that’sall.’

           ‘Doyoumeantosay,I’mnot,youdog?’returnedQuilp.

           ‘No!’retortedtheboy.

           ‘Thenwhatdoyoufightonmywharffor,youvillain?’saidQuilp.

           ‘Becausehesaidso,’repliedtheboy,pointingtoKit,‘notbecauseyouan’t.

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