Chapter 23

           

           MrRichardSwivellerwendinghomewardfromtheWilderness(forsuchwastheappropriatenameofQuilp’schoiceretreat),afterasinuousandcorkscrewfashion,withmanychecksandstumbles;afterstoppingsuddenlyandstaringabouthim,thenassuddenlyrunningforwardforafewpaces,andassuddenlyhaltingagainandshakinghishead;doingeverythingwithajerkandnothingbypremeditation;MrRichardSwivellerwendinghiswayhomewardafterthisfashion,whichisconsideredbyevil-mindedmentobesymbolicalofintoxication,andisnotheldbysuchpersonstodenotethatstateofdeepwisdomandreflectioninwhichtheactorknowshimselftobe,begantothinkthatpossiblyhehadmisplacedhisconfidenceandthatthedwarfmightnotbepreciselythesortofpersontowhomtoentrustasecretofsuchdelicacyandimportance.Andbeingledandtemptedonbythisremorsefulthoughtintoaconditionwhichtheevil-mindedclassbeforereferredtowouldtermthemaudlinstateorstageofdrunkenness,itoccurredtoMrSwivellertocasthishatupontheground,andmoan,cryingaloudthathewasanunhappyorphan,andthatifhehadnotbeenanunhappyorphanthingshadnevercometothis.

           ‘Leftaninfantbymyparents,atanearlyage,’saidMrSwiveller,bewailinghishardlot,‘castupontheworldinmytenderestperiod,andthrownuponthemerciesofadeludingdwarf,whocanwonderatmyweakness!Here’samiserableorphanforyou.

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