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Chapter 57

           

           ‘Couldyoueatanybreadandmeat?’saidDick,takingdownhishat.‘Yes?Ah!Ithoughtso.Didyouevertastebeer?’

           ’Ihadasipofitonce,’saidthesmallservant.

           ‘Here’sastateofthings!’criedMrSwiveller,raisinghiseyestotheceiling.‘Shenevertastedititcan’tbetastedinasip!Why,howoldareyou?’

           ‘Idon’tknow.’

           MrSwivelleropenedhiseyesverywide,andappearedthoughtfulforamoment;then,biddingthechildmindthedooruntilhecameback,vanishedstraightway.

           Presently,hereturned,followedbytheboyfromthepublic-house,whoboreinonehandaplateofbreadandbeef,andintheotheragreatpot,filledwithsomeveryfragrantcompound,whichsentforthagratefulsteam,andwasindeedchoicepurl,madeafteraparticularrecipewhichMrSwivellerhadimpartedtothelandlord,ataperiodwhenhewasdeepinhisbooksanddesiroustoconciliatehisfriendship.Relievingtheboyofhisburdenatthedoor,andcharginghislittlecompaniontofastenittopreventsurprise,MrSwivellerfollowedherintothekitchen.

           ‘There!’saidRichard,puttingtheplatebeforeher.‘Firstofallclearthatoff,andthenyou’llseewhat’snext.’

           Thesmallservantneedednosecondbidding,andtheplatewassoonempty.

           ‘Next,’saidDick,handingthepurl,‘takeapullatthat;butmoderateyourtransports,youknow,foryou’renotusedtoit.Well,isitgood?’

           ‘Oh!isn’tit?’saidthesmallservant

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