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Even
Mr
Codlin
had
nothing
to
urge
against
a
proposal
so
seasonable
.
Nelly
,
kneeling
down
beside
the
box
,
was
soon
busily
engaged
in
her
task
,
and
accomplishing
it
to
a
miracle
.
While
she
was
thus
engaged
,
the
merry
little
man
looked
at
her
with
an
interest
which
did
not
appear
to
be
diminished
when
he
glanced
at
her
helpless
companion
.
When
she
had
finished
her
work
he
thanked
her
,
and
inquired
whither
they
were
travelling
.
‘
N
—
no
further
to
-
night
,
I
think
,
’
said
the
child
,
looking
towards
her
grandfather
.
‘
If
you
’
re
wanting
a
place
to
stop
at
,
’
the
man
remarked
,
‘
I
should
advise
you
to
take
up
at
the
same
house
with
us
.
That
’
s
it
.
The
long
,
low
,
white
house
there
.
It
’
s
very
cheap
.
’
The
old
man
,
notwithstanding
his
fatigue
,
would
have
remained
in
the
churchyard
all
night
if
his
new
acquaintances
had
remained
there
too
.
As
he
yielded
to
this
suggestion
a
ready
and
rapturous
assent
,
they
all
rose
and
walked
away
together
;
he
keeping
close
to
the
box
of
puppets
in
which
he
was
quite
absorbed
,
the
merry
little
man
carrying
it
slung
over
his
arm
by
a
strap
attached
to
it
for
the
purpose
,
Nelly
having
hold
of
her
grandfather
’
s
hand
,
and
Mr
Codlin
sauntering
slowly
behind
,
casting
up
at
the
church
tower
and
neighbouring
trees
such
looks
as
he
was
accustomed
in
town
-
practice
to
direct
to
drawing
-
room
and
nursery
windows
,
when
seeking
for
a
profitable
spot
on
which
to
plant
the
show
.
The
public
-
house
was
kept
by
a
fat
old
landlord
and
landlady
who
made
no
objection
to
receiving
their
new
guests
,
but
praised
Nelly
’
s
beauty
and
were
at
once
prepossessed
in
her
behalf
.
There
was
no
other
company
in
the
kitchen
but
the
two
showmen
,
and
the
child
felt
very
thankful
that
they
had
fallen
upon
such
good
quarters
.
The
landlady
was
very
much
astonished
to
learn
that
they
had
come
all
the
way
from
London
,
and
appeared
to
have
no
little
curiosity
touching
their
farther
destination
.
The
child
parried
her
inquiries
as
well
as
she
could
,
and
with
no
great
trouble
,
for
finding
that
they
appeared
to
give
her
pain
,
the
old
lady
desisted
.
‘
These
two
gentlemen
have
ordered
supper
in
an
hour
’
s
time
,
’
she
said
,
taking
her
into
the
bar
;
‘
and
your
best
plan
will
be
to
sup
with
them
.
Meanwhile
you
shall
have
a
little
taste
of
something
that
’
ll
do
you
good
,
for
I
’
m
sure
you
must
want
it
after
all
you
’
ve
gone
through
to
-
day
.
Now
,
don
’
t
look
after
the
old
gentleman
,
because
when
you
’
ve
drank
that
,
he
shall
have
some
too
.
’
As
nothing
could
induce
the
child
to
leave
him
alone
,
however
,
or
to
touch
anything
in
which
he
was
not
the
first
and
greatest
sharer
,
the
old
lady
was
obliged
to
help
him
first
.
When
they
had
been
thus
refreshed
,
the
whole
house
hurried
away
into
an
empty
stable
where
the
show
stood
,
and
where
,
by
the
light
of
a
few
flaring
candles
stuck
round
a
hoop
which
hung
by
a
line
from
the
ceiling
,
it
was
to
be
forthwith
exhibited
.
And
now
Mr
Thomas
Codlin
,
the
misanthrope
,
after
blowing
away
at
the
Pan
’
s
pipes
until
he
was
intensely
wretched
,
took
his
station
on
one
side
of
the
checked
drapery
which
concealed
the
mover
of
the
figures
,
and
putting
his
hands
in
his
pockets
prepared
to
reply
to
all
questions
and
remarks
of
Punch
,
and
to
make
a
dismal
feint
of
being
his
most
intimate
private
friend
,
of
believing
in
him
to
the
fullest
and
most
unlimited
extent
,
of
knowing
that
he
enjoyed
day
and
night
a
merry
and
glorious
existence
in
that
temple
,
and
that
he
was
at
all
times
and
under
every
circumstance
the
same
intelligent
and
joyful
person
that
the
spectators
then
beheld
him
.
All
this
Mr
Codlin
did
with
the
air
of
a
man
who
had
made
up
his
mind
for
the
worst
and
was
quite
resigned
;
his
eye
slowly
wandering
about
during
the
briskest
repartee
to
observe
the
effect
upon
the
audience
,
and
particularly
the
impression
made
upon
the
landlord
and
landlady
,
which
might
be
productive
of
very
important
results
in
connexion
with
the
supper
.
Upon
this
head
,
however
,
he
had
no
cause
for
any
anxiety
,
for
the
whole
performance
was
applauded
to
the
echo
,
and
voluntary
contributions
were
showered
in
with
a
liberality
which
testified
yet
more
strongly
to
the
general
delight
.
Among
the
laughter
none
was
more
loud
and
frequent
than
the
old
man
’
s
.
Nell
’
s
was
unheard
,
for
she
,
poor
child
,
with
her
head
drooping
on
his
shoulder
,
had
fallen
asleep
,
and
slept
too
soundly
to
be
roused
by
any
of
his
efforts
to
awaken
her
to
a
participation
in
his
glee
