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shouted out the little crippled fellow , from his `` bowl ; '' and certainly a most joyous burst of laughter ran through the crowd at the sentiment . `` Maybe ye think I 'm not a householder , '' rejoined the fellow , with a grin of assumed anger ; `` but have n't I my own sugar hogshead to live in , and devil receave the lodger in the same premises ! '' `` I see there 's no chance of our being able to settle anything here , '' said the gentleman . `` These good people think the matter more their own than ours ; so meet to-morrow , my lad , at Dycer 's , at twelve o'clock , and bring me anything that can speak for your character . '' As he said these few words he brushed the crowd to one side with his whip , and forcing his way , with the air of a man who would not be denied , left the place . `` And he 's laving the crayture without givin ' him a farden ! '' cried one of the mob , who suddenly saw all the glorious fabric of a carouse and a drunken bout disappear like a mirage .