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had himself witnessed, and proved by his sense of taste; and further,
that, however the effect was produced, he had distinctly seen water
boil and bubble up when the single gentleman winked; from which
facts he (Mr Swiveller) was led to infer that the lodger was some great
conjuror or chemist, or both, whose residence under that roof could
not fail at some future days to shed a great credit and distinction on
the name of Brass, and add a new interest to the history of Bevis
Marks.
There was one point which Mr Swiveller deemed it unnecessary to
enlarge upon, and that was the fact of the modest quencher, which,
by reason of its intrinsic strength and its coming close upon the heels
of the temperate beverage he had discussed at dinner, awakened a
slight degree of fever, and rendered necessary two or three other
modest quenchers at the public-house in the course of the evening.
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