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Chapter 35

           Captivatedwithhisowningenuity,andconfidentinthestrengthofhisposition,whichhehadtakenupafterthemethodofthosehardyindividualswhoopenthepitandgallerydoorsoftheatresoncrowdednights,MrSwivellerraineddownsuchashowerofblows,thatthenoiseofthebellwasdrowned;andthesmallservant,wholingeredonthestairsbelow,readytoflyatamoment’snotice,wasobligedtoholdherearslestsheshouldberendereddeafforlife.

           Suddenlythedoorwasunlockedontheinside,andflungviolentlyopen.Thesmallservantflewtothecoal-cellar;MissSallydivedintoherownbed-room;MrBrass,whowasnotremarkableforpersonalcourage,ranintothenextstreet,andfindingthatnobodyfollowedhim,armedwithapokerorotheroffensiveweapon,puthishandsinhispockets,walkedveryslowlyallatonce,andwhistled.

           Meanwhile,MrSwiveller,onthetopofthestool,drewhimselfintoasflatashapeaspossibleagainstthewall,andlooked,notunconcernedly,downuponthesinglegentleman,whoappearedatthedoorgrowlingandcursinginaveryawfulmanner,and,withthebootsinhishand,seemedtohaveanintentionofhurlingthemdownstairsonspeculation.Thisidea,however,heabandoned.Hewasturningintohisroomagain,stillgrowlingvengefully,whenhiseyesmetthoseofthewatchfulRichard.

           ‘Haveyoubeenmakingthathorriblenoise?’saidthesinglegentleman.

           ‘Ihavebeenhelping,sir,’returnedDick,keepinghiseyeuponhim,andwavingtherulergentlyinhisrighthand,asanindicationofwhatthesinglegentlemanhadtoexpectifheattemptedanyviolence.

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