You're her brother after all; as you told him the last time you met, he can't alter that.' 'He would if he could, confound him for that and all other kindnesses,' said the young man impatiently.

'But nothing can come of this subject now, and let us have done with it in the Devil's name.' 'Agreed,' returned Quilp, 'agreed on my part readily.

Why have I alluded to it?
Just to show you, Frederick, that I have always stood your friend.

You little knew who was your friend, and who your foe; now did you?
You thought I was against you, and so there has been a coolness between us; but it was all on your side, entirely on your side.

Let's shake hands again, Fred.' With his head sunk down between his shoulders, and a hideous grin over-spreading his face, the dwarf stood up and stretched his short arm across the table.