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‘
I
never
have
any
,
’
returned
the
lodger
.
‘
Or
in
the
case
anybody
should
call
.
’
‘
Nobody
ever
calls
on
me
.
’
‘
If
any
mistake
should
arise
from
not
having
the
name
,
don
’
t
say
it
was
my
fault
,
Sir
,
’
added
Dick
,
still
lingering
.
—
‘
Oh
blame
not
the
bard
—
’
‘
I
’
ll
blame
nobody
,
’
said
the
lodger
,
with
such
irascibility
that
in
a
moment
Dick
found
himself
on
the
staircase
,
and
the
locked
door
between
them
.
Mr
Brass
and
Miss
Sally
were
lurking
hard
by
,
having
been
,
indeed
,
only
routed
from
the
keyhole
by
Mr
Swiveller
’
s
abrupt
exit
.
As
their
utmost
exertions
had
not
enabled
them
to
overhear
a
word
of
the
interview
,
however
,
in
consequence
of
a
quarrel
for
precedence
,
which
,
though
limited
of
necessity
to
pushes
and
pinches
and
such
quiet
pantomime
,
had
lasted
the
whole
time
,
they
hurried
him
down
to
the
office
to
hear
his
account
of
the
conversation
.
This
Mr
Swiveller
gave
them
—
faithfully
as
regarded
the
wishes
and
character
of
the
single
gentleman
,
and
poetically
as
concerned
the
great
trunk
,
of
which
he
gave
a
description
more
remarkable
for
brilliancy
of
imagination
than
a
strict
adherence
to
truth
;
declaring
,
with
many
strong
asseverations
,
that
it
contained
a
specimen
of
every
kind
of
rich
food
and
wine
,
known
in
these
times
,
and
in
particular
that
it
was
of
a
self
-
acting
kind
and
served
up
whatever
was
required
,
as
he
supposed
by
clock
-
work
.
He
also
gave
them
to
understand
that
the
cooking
apparatus
roasted
a
fine
piece
of
sirloin
of
beef
,
weighing
about
six
pounds
avoir
-
dupoise
,
in
two
minutes
and
a
quarter
,
as
he
had
himself
witnessed
,
and
proved
by
his
sense
of
taste
;
and
further
,
that
,
however
the
effect
was
produced
,
he
had
distinctly
seen
water
boil
and
bubble
up
when
the
single
gentleman
winked
;
from
which
facts
he
(
Mr
Swiveller
)
was
led
to
infer
that
the
lodger
was
some
great
conjuror
or
chemist
,
or
both
,
whose
residence
under
that
roof
could
not
fail
at
some
future
days
to
shed
a
great
credit
and
distinction
on
the
name
of
Brass
,
and
add
a
new
interest
to
the
history
of
Bevis
Marks
There
was
one
point
which
Mr
Swiveller
deemed
it
unnecessary
to
enlarge
upon
,
and
that
was
the
fact
of
the
modest
quencher
,
which
,
by
reason
of
its
intrinsic
strength
and
its
coming
close
upon
the
heels
of
the
temperate
beverage
he
had
discussed
at
dinner
,
awakened
a
slight
degree
of
fever
,
and
rendered
necessary
two
or
three
other
modest
quenchers
at
the
public
-
house
in
the
course
of
the
evening
.
As
the
single
gentleman
after
some
weeks
’
occupation
of
his
lodgings
,
still
declined
to
correspond
,
by
word
or
gesture
,
either
with
Mr
Brass
or
his
sister
Sally
,
but
invariably
chose
Richard
Swiveller
as
his
channel
of
communication
;
and
as
he
proved
himself
in
all
respects
a
highly
desirable
inmate
,
paying
for
everything
beforehand
,
giving
very
little
trouble
,
making
no
noise
,
and
keeping
early
hours
;
Mr
Richard
imperceptibly
rose
to
an
important
position
in
the
family
,
as
one
who
had
influence
over
this
mysterious
lodger
,
and
could
negotiate
with
him
,
for
good
or
evil
,
when
nobody
else
durst
approach
his
person
.
