The Old Curiosity Shop


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An exclamation, at once from Richard Swiveller, Miss Sally, and Kit  
himself, cut the lawyer short. He turned his head, and saw Dick  
standing with the bank-note in his hand.  
'In the hat?' cried Brass in a sort of shriek.  
'Under the handkerchief, and tucked beneath the lining,' said Dick,  
aghast at the discovery.  
Mr Brass looked at him, at his sister, at the walls, at the ceiling, at the  
floor - everywhere but at Kit, who stood quite stupefied and  
motionless.  
'And this,' cried Sampson, clasping his hands, 'is the world that turns  
upon its own axis, and has Lunar influences, and revolutions round  
Heavenly Bodies, and various games of that sort! This is human  
natur, is it! Oh natur, natur! This is the miscreant that I was going to  
benefit with all my little arts, and that, even now, I feel so much for,  
as to wish to let him go! But,' added Mr Brass with greater fortitude, 'I  
am myself a lawyer, and bound to set an example in carrying the laws  
of my happy country into effect. Sally my dear, forgive me, and catch  
hold of him on the other side. Mr Richard, sir, have the goodness to  
run and fetch a constable. The weakness is past and over sir, and  
moral strength returns. A constable, sir, if you please!'  


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