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‘
By
Jove
,
Sir
,
’
returned
Mr
Chuckster
,
taking
out
an
oblong
snuff
-
box
,
the
lid
whereof
was
ornamented
with
a
fox
’
s
head
curiously
carved
in
brass
,
‘
that
man
is
an
unfathomable
.
Sir
,
that
man
has
made
friends
with
our
articled
clerk
.
There
’
s
no
harm
in
him
,
but
he
is
so
amazingly
slow
and
soft
.
Now
,
if
he
wanted
a
friend
,
why
couldn
’
t
he
have
one
that
knew
a
thing
or
two
,
and
could
do
him
some
good
by
his
manners
and
conversation
.
I
have
my
faults
,
sir
,
’
said
Mr
Chuckster
—
‘
No
,
no
,
’
interposed
Mr
Swiveller
.
‘
Oh
yes
I
have
,
I
have
my
faults
,
no
man
knows
his
faults
better
than
I
know
mine
.
But
,
’
said
Mr
Chuckster
,
‘
I
’
m
not
meek
.
My
worst
enemies
—
every
man
has
his
enemies
,
Sir
,
and
I
have
mine
—
never
accused
me
of
being
meek
.
And
I
tell
you
what
,
Sir
,
if
I
hadn
’
t
more
of
these
qualities
that
commonly
endear
man
to
man
,
than
our
articled
clerk
has
,
I
’
d
steal
a
Cheshire
cheese
,
tie
it
round
my
neck
,
and
drown
myself
.
I
’
d
die
degraded
,
as
I
had
lived
.
I
would
upon
my
honour
.
’
Mr
Chuckster
paused
,
rapped
the
fox
’
s
head
exactly
on
the
nose
with
the
knuckle
of
the
fore
-
finger
,
took
a
pinch
of
snuff
,
and
looked
steadily
at
Mr
Swiveller
,
as
much
as
to
say
that
if
he
thought
he
was
going
to
sneeze
,
he
would
find
himself
mistaken
.
‘
Not
contented
,
Sir
,
’
said
Mr
Chuckster
,
‘
with
making
friends
with
Abel
,
he
has
cultivated
the
acquaintance
of
his
father
and
mother
.
Since
he
came
home
from
that
wild
-
goose
chase
,
he
has
been
there
—
actually
been
there
.
He
patronises
young
Snobby
besides
;
you
’
ll
find
,
Sir
,
that
he
’
ll
be
constantly
coming
backwards
and
forwards
to
this
place
:
yet
I
don
’
t
suppose
that
beyond
the
common
forms
of
civility
,
he
has
ever
exchanged
half
-
a
-
dozen
words
with
me
.
Now
,
upon
my
soul
,
you
know
,
’
said
Mr
Chuckster
,
shaking
his
head
gravely
,
as
men
are
wont
to
do
when
they
consider
things
are
going
a
little
too
far
,
‘
this
is
altogether
such
a
low
-
minded
affair
,
that
if
I
didn
’
t
feel
for
the
governor
,
and
know
that
he
could
never
get
on
without
me
,
I
should
be
obliged
to
cut
the
connection
.
I
should
have
no
alternative
.
’
Mr
Swiveller
,
who
sat
on
another
stool
opposite
to
his
friend
,
stirred
the
fire
in
an
excess
of
sympathy
,
but
said
nothing
.
‘
As
to
young
Snob
,
sir
,
’
pursued
Mr
Chuckster
with
a
prophetic
look
,
‘
you
’
ll
find
he
’
ll
turn
out
bad
.
In
our
profession
we
know
something
of
human
nature
,
and
take
my
word
for
it
,
that
the
feller
that
came
back
to
work
out
that
shilling
,
will
show
himself
one
of
these
days
in
his
true
colours
.
He
’
s
a
low
thief
,
sir
.
He
must
be
.
’
Mr
Chuckster
being
roused
,
would
probably
have
pursued
this
subject
further
,
and
in
more
emphatic
language
,
but
for
a
tap
at
the
door
,
which
seeming
to
announce
the
arrival
of
somebody
on
business
,
caused
him
to
assume
a
greater
appearance
of
meekness
than
was
perhaps
quite
consistent
with
his
late
declaration
.
Mr
Swiveller
,
hearing
the
same
sound
,
caused
his
stool
to
revolve
rapidly
on
one
leg
until
it
brought
him
to
his
desk
,
into
which
,
having
forgotten
in
the
sudden
flurry
of
his
spirits
to
part
with
the
poker
,
he
thrust
it
as
he
cried
‘
Come
in
!
’
