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Chapter 19

           Why,IrememberthetimewhenoldMaundersashadthree-and-twentywansIrememberthetimewhenoldMaundershadinhiscottageinSpaFieldsinthewintertime,whentheseasonwasover,eightmaleandfemaledwarfssettingdowntodinnereveryday,whowaswaitedonbyeightoldgiantsingreencoats,redsmalls,bluecottonstockings,andhigh-lows:andtherewasonedwarfashadgrownelderlyandwiciouswhowheneverhisgiantwasn’tquickenoughtopleasehim,usedtostickpinsinhislegs,notbeingabletoreachupanyhigher.Iknowthat’safact,forMaunderstolditmehimself.’

           ‘Whataboutthedwarfswhentheygetold?’inquiredthelandlord.

           ‘Theolderadwarfis,thebetterworthheis,’returnedMrVuffin;‘agrey-headeddwarf,wellwrinkled,isbeyondallsuspicion.Butagiantweakinthelegsandnotstandingupright!keephiminthecarawan,butnevershowhim,nevershowhim,foranypersuasionthatcanbeoffered.’

           WhileMrVuffinandhistwofriendssmokedtheirpipesandbeguiledthetimewithsuchconversationasthis,thesilentgentlemansatinawarmcorner,swallowing,orseemingtoswallow,sixpennyworthofhalfpenceforpractice,balancingafeatheruponhisnose,andrehearsingotherfeatsofdexterityofthatkind,withoutpayinganyregardwhatevertothecompany,whointheirturnlefthimutterlyunnoticed.Atlengththewearychildprevaileduponhergrandfathertoretire,andtheywithdrew,leavingthecompanyyetseatedroundthefire,andthedogsfastasleepatahumbledistance.

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