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‘
Ah
!
we
have
said
all
we
need
say
,
I
see
,
’
returned
the
other
,
throwing
himself
impatiently
upon
a
sofa
.
‘
Pray
leave
us
,
if
you
please
.
’
‘
Willingly
,
’
returned
Quilp
.
‘
Most
willingly
.
Christopher
’
s
mother
,
my
good
soul
,
farewell
.
A
pleasant
journey
—
back
,
sir
.
Ahem
!
’
With
these
parting
words
,
and
with
a
grin
upon
his
features
altogether
indescribable
,
but
which
seemed
to
be
compounded
of
every
monstrous
grimace
of
which
men
or
monkeys
are
capable
,
the
dwarf
slowly
retreated
and
closed
the
door
behind
him
.
‘
Oho
!
’
he
said
when
he
had
regained
his
own
room
,
and
sat
himself
down
in
a
chair
with
his
arms
akimbo
.
‘
Oho
!
Are
you
there
,
my
friend
?
In
-
deed
!
’
Chuckling
as
though
in
very
great
glee
,
and
recompensing
himself
for
the
restraint
he
had
lately
put
upon
his
countenance
by
twisting
it
into
all
imaginable
varieties
of
ugliness
,
Mr
Quilp
,
rocking
himself
to
and
fro
in
his
chair
and
nursing
his
left
leg
at
the
same
time
,
fell
into
certain
meditations
,
of
which
it
may
be
necessary
to
relate
the
substance
.
First
,
he
reviewed
the
circumstances
which
had
led
to
his
repairing
to
that
spot
,
which
were
briefly
these
.
Dropping
in
at
Mr
Sampson
Brass
’
s
office
on
the
previous
evening
,
in
the
absence
of
that
gentleman
and
his
learned
sister
,
he
had
lighted
upon
Mr
Swiveller
,
who
chanced
at
the
moment
to
be
sprinkling
a
glass
of
warm
gin
and
water
on
the
dust
of
the
law
,
and
to
be
moistening
his
clay
,
as
the
phrase
goes
,
rather
copiously
.
But
as
clay
in
the
abstract
,
when
too
much
moistened
,
becomes
of
a
weak
and
uncertain
consistency
,
breaking
down
in
unexpected
places
,
retaining
impressions
but
faintly
,
and
preserving
no
strength
or
steadiness
of
character
,
so
Mr
Swiveller
’
s
clay
,
having
imbibed
a
considerable
quantity
of
moisture
,
was
in
a
very
loose
and
slippery
state
,
insomuch
that
the
various
ideas
impressed
upon
it
were
fast
losing
their
distinctive
character
,
and
running
into
each
other
.
It
is
not
uncommon
for
human
clay
in
this
condition
to
value
itself
above
all
things
upon
its
great
prudence
and
sagacity
;
and
Mr
Swiveller
,
especially
prizing
himself
upon
these
qualities
,
took
occasion
to
remark
that
he
had
made
strange
discoveries
in
connection
with
the
single
gentleman
who
lodged
above
,
which
he
had
determined
to
keep
within
his
own
bosom
,
and
which
neither
tortures
nor
cajolery
should
ever
induce
him
to
reveal
.
Of
this
determination
Mr
Quilp
expressed
his
high
approval
,
and
setting
himself
in
the
same
breath
to
goad
Mr
Swiveller
on
to
further
hints
,
soon
made
out
that
the
single
gentleman
had
been
seen
in
communication
with
Kit
,
and
that
this
was
the
secret
which
was
never
to
be
disclosed
.
Possessed
of
this
piece
of
information
,
Mr
Quilp
directly
supposed
that
the
single
gentleman
above
stairs
must
be
the
same
individual
who
had
waited
on
him
,
and
having
assured
himself
by
further
inquiries
that
this
surmise
was
correct
,
had
no
difficulty
in
arriving
at
the
conclusion
that
the
intent
and
object
of
his
correspondence
with
Kit
was
the
recovery
of
his
old
client
and
the
child
.
Burning
with
curiosity
to
know
what
proceedings
were
afoot
,
he
resolved
to
pounce
upon
Kit
’
s
mother
as
the
person
least
able
to
resist
his
arts
,
and
consequently
the
most
likely
to
be
entrapped
into
such
revelations
as
he
sought
;
so
taking
an
abrupt
leave
of
Mr
Swiveller
,
he
hurried
to
her
house
.
The
good
woman
being
from
home
,
he
made
inquiries
of
a
neighbour
,
as
Kit
himself
did
soon
afterwards
,
and
being
directed
to
the
chapel
be
took
himself
there
,
in
order
to
waylay
her
,
at
the
conclusion
of
the
service
.
