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Chapter 48

           Thisisn’tthefirsttime;andifeveryouworryorfrightenheragain,you’llobligeme(thoughIshouldbeverysorrytodoit,onaccountofyoursize)tobeatyou.’

           Quilpsaidnotawordinreply,butwalkingsoclosetoKitastobringhiseyeswithintwoorthreeinchesofhisface,lookedfixedlyathim,retreatedalittledistancewithoutavertinghisgaze,approachedagain,againwithdrew,andsoonforhalf-a-dozentimes,likeaheadinaphantasmagoria.Kitstoodhisgroundasifinexpectationofanimmediateassault,butfindingthatnothingcameofthesegestures,snappedhisfingersandwalkedaway;hismotherdragginghimoffasfastasshecould,and,eveninthemidstofhisnewsoflittleJacobandthebaby,lookinganxiouslyoverhershouldertoseeifQuilpwerefollowing.

           

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