[Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookBarnaby Rudge CHAPTER 39 3/18
They do me all the harm they can, and I'll do them all the harm I can.
Hurrah!' 'Was there ever,' said Dennis, looking round the room, when the echo of his boisterous voice bad died away; 'was there ever such a game boy! Why, I mean to say, brothers, that if Muster Gashford had gone a hundred mile and got together fifty men of the common run, they wouldn't have been worth this one.' The greater part of the company implicitly subscribed to this opinion, and testified their faith in Hugh by nods and looks of great significance.
Mr Tappertit sat and contemplated him for a long time in silence, as if he suspended his judgment; then drew a little nearer to him, and eyed him over more carefully; then went close up to him, and took him apart into a dark corner. 'I say,' he began, with a thoughtful brow, 'haven't I seen you before ?' 'It's like you may,' said Hugh, in his careless way.
'I don't know; shouldn't wonder.' 'No, but it's very easily settled,' returned Sim.
'Look at me.
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