Chapter 7

           

           Fred,’saidMrSwiveller,‘remembertheoncepopularmelodyofBegonedullcare;fanthesinkingflameofhilaritywiththewingoffriendship;andpasstherosywine.’

           MrRichardSwiveller’sapartmentswereintheneighbourhoodofDruryLane,andinadditiontothisconvenienceofsituationhadtheadvantageofbeingoveratobacconist’sshop,sothathewasenabledtoprocurearefreshingsneezeatanytimebymerelysteppingoutuponthestaircase,andwassavedthetroubleandexpenseofmaintainingasnuff-box.ItwasintheseapartmentsthatMrSwivellermadeuseoftheexpressionsaboverecordedfortheconsolationandencouragementofhisdespondingfriend;anditmaynotbeuninterestingorimpropertoremarkthateventhesebriefobservationspartookinadoublesenseofthefigurativeandpoeticalcharacterofMrSwiveller’smind,astherosywinewasinfactrepresentedbyoneglassofcoldgin-and-water,whichwasreplenishedasoccasionrequiredfromabottleandjuguponthetable,andwaspassedfromonetoanother,inascarcityoftumblerswhich,asMrSwiveller’swasabachelor’sestablishment,maybeacknowledgedwithoutablush.Byalikepleasantfictionhissinglechamberwasalwaysmentionedinapluralnumber.Initsdisengagedtimes,thetobacconisthadannounceditinhiswindowas‘apartments’forasinglegentleman,andMrSwiveller,followingupthehint,neverfailedtospeakofitashisrooms,hislodgings,orhischambers,conveyingtohishearersanotionofindefinitespace,andleavingtheirimaginationstowanderthroughlongsuitesofloftyhalls,atpleasure.

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