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Chapter 48

           Convincedatlastthatforthepresentallsuchattemptswerehopeless,heappointedtwoorthreescouts,withpromisesoflargerewardsincaseoftheirforwardinghimanyintelligence,andreturnedtoLondonbynextday’scoach.

           ItwassomegratificationtoMrQuilptofind,ashetookhisplaceupontheroof,thatKit’smotherwasaloneinside;fromwhichcircumstancehederivedinthecourseofthejourneymuchcheerfulnessofspirit,inasmuchashersolitaryconditionenabledhimtoterrifyherwithmanyextraordinaryannoyances;suchashangingoverthesideofthecoachattheriskofhislife,andstaringinwithhisgreatgoggleeyes,whichseemedinhersthemorehorriblefromhisfacebeingupsidedown;dodgingherinthiswayfromonewindowtoanother;gettingnimblydownwhenevertheychangedhorsesandthrustinghisheadinatthewindowwithadismalsquint:whichingenioustortureshadsuchaneffectuponMrsNubbles,thatshewasquiteunableforthetimetoresistthebeliefthatMrQuilpdidinhisownpersonrepresentandembodythatEvilPower,whowassovigorouslyattackedatLittleBethel,andwho,byreasonofherbackslidingsinrespectofAstley’sandoysters,wasnowfrolicsomeandrampant.

           Kit,havingbeenapprisedbyletterofhismother’sintendedreturn,waswaitingforheratthecoach-office;andgreatwashissurprisewhenhesaw,leeringoverthecoachman’sshoulderlikesomefamiliardemon,invisibletoalleyesbuthis,thewell-knownfaceofQuilp.

           ‘Howareyou,Christopher?’croakedthedwarffromthecoach-top.‘Allright,Christopher.Mother’sinside.

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