pair of bellows upon his knee, with which he had apparently been

endeavouring to rouse it into more cheerful action; but he had

fallen into deep thought; and with his arms folded on them, and

his chin resting on his thumbs, fixed his eyes, abstractedly, on

At a table behind him sat the Artful Dodger, Master Charles

Bates, and Mr. Chitling: all intent upon a game of whist; the

Artful taking dummy against Master Bates and Mr. Chitling. The

countenance of the first-named gentleman, peculiarly intelligent