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Chapter 37

           Itwassufficienttoknowthatwhiletheywereproceeding,theconcoursewithoutstilllingeredroundthehouse;thatboysbeatuponthedrumwiththeirfists,andimitatedPunchwiththeirtendervoices;thattheoffice-windowwasrenderedopaquebyflattenednoses,andthekey-holeofthestreet-doorluminouswitheyes;thateverytimethesinglegentlemanoreitherofhisguestswasseenattheupperwindow,orsomuchastheendofoneoftheirnoseswasvisible,therewasagreatshoutofexecrationfromtheexcludedmob,whoremainedhowlingandyelling,andrefusingconsolation,untiltheexhibitorsweredelivereduptothemtobeattendedelsewhere.Itwassufficient,inshort,toknowthatBevisMarkswasrevolutionisedbythesepopularmovements,andthatpeaceandquietnessfledfromitsprecincts.

           NobodywasrenderedmoreindignantbytheseproceedingsthanMrSampsonBrass,who,ashecouldbynomeansaffordtolosesoprofitableaninmate,deemeditprudenttopockethislodger’saffrontalongwithhiscash,andtoannoytheaudienceswhoclusteredroundhisdoorbysuchimperfectmeansofretaliationaswereopentohim,andwhichwereconfinedtothetricklingdownoffoulwaterontheirheadsfromunseenwateringpots,peltingthemwithfragmentsoftileandmortarfromtheroofofthehouse,andbribingthedriversofhackneycabrioletstocomesuddenlyroundthecorneranddashinamongthemprecipitately.

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