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Chapter 66

           Gentlemen,’saidBrass,strikingthehatfiercelywithhisclenchedhand,‘toallthesequestionsIanswerQuilp!’

           Thethreegentlemenlookedateachother,butsaidnothing.

           ‘Isay,’pursuedBrass,glancingasideathissister,asthoughheweretalkingforherinformation,andspeakingwithasnarlingmalignity,inviolentcontrasttohisusualsmoothness,‘thatIanswertoallthesequestions,QuilpQuilp,whodeludesmeintohisinfernalden,andtakesadelightinlookingonandchucklingwhileIscorch,andburn,andbruise,andmaimmyselfQuilp,whoneveronce,noneveronce,inallourcommunicationstogether,hastreatedmeotherwisethanasadogQuilp,whomIhavealwayshatedwithmywholeheart,butneversomuchaslately.Hegivesmethecoldshoulderonthisverymatterasifhehadhadnothingtodowithit,insteadofbeingthefirsttoproposeit.Ican’ttrusthim.Inoneofhishowling,raving,blazinghumours,Ibelievehe’dletitout,ifitwasmurder,andneverthinkofhimselfsolongashecouldterrifyme.Now,’saidBrass,pickinguphishatagainandreplacingtheshadeoverhiseye,andactuallycrouchingdown,intheexcessofhisservility,‘whatdoesallthisleadto?whatshouldyousayitledmeto,gentlemen?couldyouguessatallnearthemark?’

           Nobodyspoke.Brassstoodsmirkingforalittlewhile,asifhehadpropoundedsomechoiceconundrum;andthensaid:

           ‘Tobeshortwithyou,then,itleadsmetothis.

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