As soon as ever he raised them Bingley's were at him again.

All through the scene the manager played at him.

When he was about to do a good action, and sent off Francis with his book, so that that domestic should not witness the deed of benevolence which he meditated, Bingley marked the page carefully, so that he might continue the perusal of the volume off the stage if he liked.

But all was done in the direct face of Pendennis, whom the manager was bent upon subjugating.

How relieved the lad was when the scene ended, and Foker, tapping with his cane, cried out "Bravo, Bingley!" "Give him a hand, Pendennis; you know every chap likes a hand," Mr.Foker said; and the good-natured young gentleman, and Pendennis laughing, and the dragoons in the opposite box, began clapping hands to the best of their power.
A chamber in Wintersen Castle closed over Tobias's hut and the Stranger and his boots; and servants appeared bustling about with chairs and tables--"That's Hicks and Miss Thackthwaite," whispered Foker.