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Chapter 54

           "

           "AMI!"

           Intheinfinitemeaningofhisreplyandhisboundlessconfidenceinhisviews,theJacktookoneofhisbloatedshoesoff,lookedintoit,knockedafewstonesoutofitonthekitchenfloor,andputitonagain.HedidthiswiththeairofaJackwhowassorightthathecouldaffordtodoanything.

           "Why,whatdoyoumakeoutthattheydonewiththeirbuttonsthen,Jack?"askedthelandlord,vacillatingweakly.

           "Donewiththeirbuttons?"returnedtheJack."Chucked’emoverboard.Swallered’em.Sowed’em,tocomeupsmallsalad.Donewiththeirbuttons!"

           "Don’tbecheeky,Jack,"remonstratedthelandlord,inamelancholyandpatheticway.

           "ACustum’UsofficerknowswhattodowithhisButtons,"saidtheJack,repeatingtheobnoxiouswordwiththegreatestcontempt,"whentheycomesbetwixthimandhisownlight.Afourandtwosittersdon’tgohangingandhovering,upwithonetideanddownwithanother,andbothwithandagainstanother,withouttherebeingCustum’Usatthebottomofit."Sayingwhichhewentoutindisdain;andthelandlord,havingnoonetoreplyupon,founditimpracticabletopursuethesubject.

           Thisdialoguemadeusalluneasy,andmeveryuneasy.Thedismalwindwasmutteringroundthehouse,thetidewasflappingattheshore,andIhadafeelingthatwewerecagedandthreatened.

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