Chapter 4

           

           MrandMrsQuilpresidedonTowerHill;andinherboweronTowerHillMrsQuilpwaslefttopinetheabsenceofherlord,whenhequittedheronthebusinesswhichhehadalreadyseentotransact.

           MrQuilpcouldscarcelybesaidtobeofanyparticulartradeorcalling,thoughhispursuitswerediversifiedandhisoccupationsnumerous.Hecollectedtherentsofwholecoloniesoffilthystreetsandalleysbythewaterside,advancedmoneytotheseamenandpettyofficersofmerchantvessels,hadashareintheventuresofdiversmatesofEastIndiamen,smokedhissmuggledcigarsundertheverynoseoftheCustomHouse,andmadeappointmentson‘Changewithmeninglazedhatsandroundjacketsprettywelleveryday.OntheSurreysideoftheriverwasasmallrat-infesteddrearyyardcalled‘Quilp’sWharf,’inwhichwerealittlewoodencounting-houseburrowingallawryinthedustasifithadfallenfromthecloudsandploughedintotheground;afewfragmentsofrustyanchors;severallargeironrings;somepilesofrottenwood;andtwoorthreeheapsofoldsheetcopper,crumpled,cracked,andbattered.OnQuilp’sWharf,DanielQuilpwasaship-breaker,yettojudgefromtheseappearanceshemusteitherhavebeenaship-breakeronaverysmallscale,orhavebrokenhisshipsupverysmallindeed.

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