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This
important
step
secured
,
with
the
assistance
of
a
man
of
law
whom
he
brought
with
him
for
the
purpose
,
the
dwarf
proceeded
to
establish
himself
and
his
coadjutor
in
the
house
,
as
an
assertion
of
his
claim
against
all
comers
;
and
then
set
about
making
his
quarters
comfortable
,
after
his
own
fashion
.
To
this
end
,
Mr
Quilp
encamped
in
the
back
parlour
,
having
first
put
an
effectual
stop
to
any
further
business
by
shutting
up
the
shop
.
Having
looked
out
,
from
among
the
old
furniture
,
the
handsomest
and
most
commodious
chair
he
could
possibly
find
(
which
he
reserved
for
his
own
use
)
and
an
especially
hideous
and
uncomfortable
one
(
which
he
considerately
appropriated
to
the
accommodation
of
his
friend
)
he
caused
them
to
be
carried
into
this
room
,
and
took
up
his
position
in
great
state
.
The
apartment
was
very
far
removed
from
the
old
man
’
s
chamber
,
but
Mr
Quilp
deemed
it
prudent
,
as
a
precaution
against
infection
from
fever
,
and
a
means
of
wholesome
fumigation
,
not
only
to
smoke
,
himself
,
without
cessation
,
but
to
insist
upon
it
that
his
legal
friend
did
the
like
.
Moreover
,
he
sent
an
express
to
the
wharf
for
the
tumbling
boy
,
who
arriving
with
all
despatch
was
enjoined
to
sit
himself
down
in
another
chair
just
inside
the
door
,
continually
to
smoke
a
great
pipe
which
the
dwarf
had
provided
for
the
purpose
,
and
to
take
it
from
his
lips
under
any
pretence
whatever
,
were
it
only
for
one
minute
at
a
time
,
if
he
dared
.
These
arrangements
completed
,
Mr
Quilp
looked
round
him
with
chuckling
satisfaction
,
and
remarked
that
he
called
that
comfort
.
The
legal
gentleman
,
whose
melodious
name
was
Brass
,
might
have
called
it
comfort
also
but
for
two
drawbacks
:
one
was
,
that
he
could
by
no
exertion
sit
easy
in
his
chair
,
the
seat
of
which
was
very
hard
,
angular
,
slippery
,
and
sloping
;
the
other
,
that
tobacco
-
smoke
always
caused
him
great
internal
discomposure
and
annoyance
.
But
as
he
was
quite
a
creature
of
Mr
Quilp
’
s
and
had
a
thousand
reasons
for
conciliating
his
good
opinion
,
he
tried
to
smile
,
and
nodded
his
acquiescence
with
the
best
grace
he
could
assume
.
This
Brass
was
an
attorney
of
no
very
good
repute
,
from
Bevis
Marks
in
the
city
of
London
;
he
was
a
tall
,
meagre
man
,
with
a
nose
like
a
wen
,
a
protruding
forehead
,
retreating
eyes
,
and
hair
of
a
deep
red
.
He
wore
a
long
black
surtout
reaching
nearly
to
his
ankles
,
short
black
trousers
,
high
shoes
,
and
cotton
stockings
of
a
bluish
grey
.
He
had
a
cringing
manner
,
but
a
very
harsh
voice
;
and
his
blandest
smiles
were
so
extremely
forbidding
,
that
to
have
had
his
company
under
the
least
repulsive
circumstances
,
one
would
have
wished
him
to
be
out
of
temper
that
he
might
only
scowl
.
Quilp
looked
at
his
legal
adviser
,
and
seeing
that
he
was
winking
very
much
in
the
anguish
of
his
pipe
,
that
he
sometimes
shuddered
when
he
happened
to
inhale
its
full
flavour
,
and
that
he
constantly
fanned
the
smoke
from
him
,
was
quite
overjoyed
and
rubbed
his
hands
with
glee
.
‘
Smoke
away
,
you
dog
,
’
said
Quilp
,
turning
to
the
boy
;
‘
fill
your
pipe
again
and
smoke
it
fast
,
down
to
the
last
whiff
,
or
I
’
ll
put
the
sealing
-
waxed
end
of
it
in
the
fire
and
rub
it
red
hot
upon
your
tongue
.
’
Luckily
the
boy
was
case
-
hardened
,
and
would
have
smoked
a
small
lime
-
kiln
if
anybody
had
treated
him
with
it
.
Wherefore
,
he
only
muttered
a
brief
defiance
of
his
master
,
and
did
as
he
was
ordered
.
‘
Is
it
good
,
Brass
,
is
it
nice
,
is
it
fragrant
,
do
you
feel
like
the
Grand
Turk
?
’
said
Quilp
.
Mr
Brass
thought
that
if
he
did
,
the
Grand
Turk
’
s
feelings
were
by
no
means
to
be
envied
,
but
he
said
it
was
famous
,
and
he
had
no
doubt
he
felt
very
like
that
Potentate
.
