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Chapter 51

           ’

           MissSallydrewcloser,asifaccustomedtobusinessconferenceswiththeirhostwhichwerethebetterfornothavingair.

           ‘Business,’saidthedwarf,glancingfrombrothertosister.‘Veryprivatebusiness.Layyourheadstogetherwhenyou’rebyyourselves.’

           ‘Certainly,sir,’returnedBrass,takingouthispocket-bookandpencil.‘I’lltakedowntheheadsifyouplease,sir.Remarkabledocuments,’addedthelawyer,raisinghiseyestotheceiling,‘mostremarkabledocuments.Hestateshispointssoclearlythatit’satreattohave‘em!Idon’tknowanyactofparliamentthat’sequaltohiminclearness.’

           ‘Ishalldepriveyouofatreat,’saidQuilp.‘Putupyourbook.Wedon’twantanydocuments.So.There’saladnamedKit—’

           MissSallynodded,implyingthatsheknewofhim.

           ‘Kit!’saidMrSampson.—‘Kit!Ha!I’veheardthenamebefore,butIdon’texactlycalltomind—Idon’texactly—’

           ‘You’reasslowasatortoise,andmorethick-headedthanarhinoceros,’returnedhisobligingclientwithanimpatientgesture.

           ‘He’sextremelypleasant!’criedtheobsequiousSampson.‘HisacquaintancewithNaturalHistorytooissurprising.QuiteaBuffoon,quite!’

           ThereisnodoubtthatMrBrassintendedsomecomplimentorother;andithasbeenarguedwithshowofreasonthathewouldhavesaidBuffon,butmadeuseofasuperfluousvowel.Bethisasitmay,Quilpgavehimnotimeforcorrection,asheperformedthatofficehimselfbymorethantappinghimontheheadwiththehandleofhisumbrella.

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