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shoulder

"I will fight you," said I, "for a guinea"

Now, as the fellow's eyes met mine, he rose up out of his chair and

hisfromat ain there fell a silence, in which I heard the tick of

the clock in the corner and the crackle of the logs upon the hearth

"You?" said he, recovering himself with an effort, "you?" and, as

he spoke, I saw his left eyelid twitch suddenly

"Exactly," I answered, "I think I can stand up to even you--for

five ain That it

wasthat his back was towards

the others, though what he intended to convey I could form no

idea, so I assumed as confident an air as possible and waited

Hereupon the one-eyed h, in

which the others joined

"'Ark to 'i to me with the stern of his

pipe, "'e be a fine un to stand up to To--I don't think"