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’
No
harm
at
all
in
this
particular
case
,
perhaps
,
’
replied
Mr
Codlin
;
‘
but
the
principle
’
s
a
dangerous
one
,
and
you
’
re
too
free
I
tell
you
.
’
‘
Well
,
are
they
to
go
with
us
or
not
?
’
‘
Yes
,
they
are
,
’
said
Mr
Codlin
;
‘
but
you
might
have
made
a
favour
of
it
,
mightn
’
t
you
?
’
The
real
name
of
the
little
man
was
Harris
,
but
it
had
gradually
merged
into
the
less
euphonious
one
of
Trotters
,
which
,
with
the
prefatory
adjective
,
Short
,
had
been
conferred
upon
him
by
reason
of
the
small
size
of
his
legs
.
Short
Trotters
however
,
being
a
compound
name
,
inconvenient
of
use
in
friendly
dialogue
,
the
gentleman
on
whom
it
had
been
bestowed
was
known
among
his
intimates
either
as
‘
Short
,
’
or
‘
Trotters
,
’
and
was
seldom
accosted
at
full
length
as
Short
Trotters
,
except
in
formal
conversations
and
on
occasions
of
ceremony
.
Short
,
then
,
or
Trotters
,
as
the
reader
pleases
,
returned
unto
the
remonstrance
of
his
friend
Mr
Thomas
Codlin
a
jocose
answer
calculated
to
turn
aside
his
discontent
;
and
applying
himself
with
great
relish
to
the
cold
boiled
beef
,
the
tea
,
and
bread
and
butter
,
strongly
impressed
upon
his
companions
that
they
should
do
the
like
.
Mr
Codlin
indeed
required
no
such
persuasion
,
as
he
had
already
eaten
as
much
as
he
could
possibly
carry
and
was
now
moistening
his
clay
with
strong
ale
,
whereof
he
took
deep
draughts
with
a
silent
relish
and
invited
nobody
to
partake
—
thus
again
strongly
indicating
his
misanthropical
turn
of
mind
.
Breakfast
being
at
length
over
,
Mr
Codlin
called
the
bill
,
and
charging
the
ale
to
the
company
generally
(
a
practice
also
savouring
of
misanthropy
)
divided
the
sum
-
total
into
two
fair
and
equal
parts
,
assigning
one
moiety
to
himself
and
friend
,
and
the
other
to
Nelly
and
her
grandfather
.
These
being
duly
discharged
and
all
things
ready
for
their
departure
,
they
took
farewell
of
the
landlord
and
landlady
and
resumed
their
journey
.
And
here
Mr
Codlin
’
s
false
position
in
society
and
the
effect
it
wrought
upon
his
wounded
spirit
,
were
strongly
illustrated
;
for
whereas
he
had
been
last
night
accosted
by
Mr
Punch
as
‘
master
,
’
and
had
by
inference
left
the
audience
to
understand
that
he
maintained
that
individual
for
his
own
luxurious
entertainment
and
delight
,
here
he
was
,
now
,
painfully
walking
beneath
the
burden
of
that
same
Punch
’
s
temple
,
and
bearing
it
bodily
upon
his
shoulders
on
a
sultry
day
and
along
a
dusty
road
.
In
place
of
enlivening
his
patron
with
a
constant
fire
of
wit
or
the
cheerful
rattle
of
his
quarter
-
staff
on
the
heads
of
his
relations
and
acquaintance
,
here
was
that
beaming
Punch
utterly
devoid
of
spine
,
all
slack
and
drooping
in
a
dark
box
,
with
his
legs
doubled
up
round
his
neck
,
and
not
one
of
his
social
qualities
remaining
.
Mr
Codlin
trudged
heavily
on
,
exchanging
a
word
or
two
at
intervals
with
Short
,
and
stopping
to
rest
and
growl
occasionally
.
Short
led
the
way
;
with
the
flat
box
,
the
private
luggage
(
which
was
not
extensive
)
tied
up
in
a
bundle
,
and
a
brazen
trumpet
slung
from
his
shoulder
-
blade
.
Nell
and
her
grandfather
walked
next
him
on
either
hand
,
and
Thomas
Codlin
brought
up
the
rear
.
