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‘
No
,
but
is
he
?
’
said
Dick
.
‘
Yes
,
of
course
.
What
do
I
care
whether
he
is
or
not
?
’
Emboldened
as
it
seemed
by
this
reply
to
enter
into
a
more
general
conversation
,
Mr
Swiveller
plainly
laid
himself
out
to
captivate
our
attention
.
He
began
by
remarking
that
soda
-
water
,
though
a
good
thing
in
the
abstract
,
was
apt
to
lie
cold
upon
the
stomach
unless
qualified
with
ginger
,
or
a
small
infusion
of
brandy
,
which
latter
article
he
held
to
be
preferable
in
all
cases
,
saving
for
the
one
consideration
of
expense
.
Nobody
venturing
to
dispute
these
positions
,
he
proceeded
to
observe
that
the
human
hair
was
a
great
retainer
of
tobacco
-
smoke
,
and
that
the
young
gentlemen
of
Westminster
and
Eton
,
after
eating
vast
quantities
of
apples
to
conceal
any
scent
of
cigars
from
their
anxious
friends
,
were
usually
detected
in
consequence
of
their
heads
possessing
this
remarkable
property
;
when
he
concluded
that
if
the
Royal
Society
would
turn
their
attention
to
the
circumstance
,
and
endeavour
to
find
in
the
resources
of
science
a
means
of
preventing
such
untoward
revelations
,
they
might
indeed
be
looked
upon
as
benefactors
to
mankind
.
These
opinions
being
equally
incontrovertible
with
those
he
had
already
pronounced
,
he
went
on
to
inform
us
that
Jamaica
rum
,
though
unquestionably
an
agreeable
spirit
of
great
richness
and
flavour
,
had
the
drawback
of
remaining
constantly
present
to
the
taste
next
day
;
and
nobody
being
venturous
enough
to
argue
this
point
either
,
he
increased
in
confidence
and
became
yet
more
companionable
and
communicative
.
‘
It
’
s
a
devil
of
a
thing
,
gentlemen
,
’
said
Mr
Swiveller
,
‘
when
relations
fall
out
and
disagree
.
If
the
wing
of
friendship
should
never
moult
a
feather
,
the
wing
of
relationship
should
never
be
clipped
,
but
be
always
expanded
and
serene
.
Why
should
a
grandson
and
grandfather
peg
away
at
each
other
with
mutual
wiolence
when
all
might
be
bliss
and
concord
.
Why
not
jine
hands
and
forgit
it
?
’
‘
Hold
your
tongue
,
’
said
his
friend
.
‘
Sir
,
’
replied
Mr
Swiveller
,
‘
don
’
t
you
interrupt
the
chair
.
Gentlemen
,
how
does
the
case
stand
,
upon
the
present
occasion
?
Here
is
a
jolly
old
grandfather
—
I
say
it
with
the
utmost
respect
—
and
here
is
a
wild
,
young
grandson
.
The
jolly
old
grandfather
says
to
the
wild
young
grandson
,
“
I
have
brought
you
up
and
educated
you
,
Fred
;
I
have
put
you
in
the
way
of
getting
on
in
life
;
you
have
bolted
a
little
out
of
course
,
as
young
fellows
often
do
;
and
you
shall
never
have
another
chance
,
nor
the
ghost
of
half
a
one
.
”
The
wild
young
grandson
makes
answer
to
this
and
says
,
“
You
’
re
as
rich
as
rich
can
be
;
you
have
been
at
no
uncommon
expense
on
my
account
,
you
’
re
saving
up
piles
of
money
for
my
little
sister
that
lives
with
you
in
a
secret
,
stealthy
,
hugger
-
muggering
kind
of
way
and
with
no
manner
of
enjoyment
—
why
can
’
t
you
stand
a
trifle
for
your
grown
-
up
relation
?
”
The
jolly
old
grandfather
unto
this
,
retorts
,
not
only
that
he
declines
to
fork
out
with
that
cheerful
readiness
which
is
always
so
agreeable
and
pleasant
in
a
gentleman
of
his
time
of
life
,
but
that
he
will
bow
up
,
and
call
names
,
and
make
reflections
whenever
they
meet
.
Then
the
plain
question
is
,
an
’
t
it
a
pity
that
this
state
of
things
should
continue
,
and
how
much
better
would
it
be
for
the
gentleman
to
hand
over
a
reasonable
amount
of
tin
,
and
make
it
all
right
and
comfortable
?
’
Having
delivered
this
oration
with
a
great
many
waves
and
flourishes
of
the
hand
,
Mr
Swiveller
abruptly
thrust
the
head
of
his
cane
into
his
mouth
as
if
to
prevent
himself
from
impairing
the
effect
of
his
speech
by
adding
one
other
word
.
