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'I don't care if I do lose, said Sir Mulberry; 'for one tolerable look at Miss Nickleby's eyes is worth double the money. 'More, said Mr Pyke. 'Far more, said Mr Pluck. 'How goes the enemy, Snobb? asked Sir Mulberry Hawk. 'Four minutes gone. 'Bravo! 'Won't you ma-ake one effort for me, Miss Nickleby? asked Lord Frederick, after a short interval.
'Take my jackit, Joe, says I to the boy, and put myself in a hattitude about which there was NO MISTAYK. "He's 2 stone heavier than me and knows the use of his ands as well as most men; but in a fite, BLOOD'S EVERYTHINK: the Snobb can't stand before the gentleman; and I should have killed him, I've little doubt, but they came and stopt the fite betwigst us before we'd had more than 2 rounds.
'No, damn it, Verisopht, said Sir Mulberry, 'fair play's a jewel, and Miss Nickleby and I settled the matter with our eyes ten minutes ago. 'Ha, ha, ha! laughed the honourable Mr Snobb, 'very good, very good.
'Done! cried the noble gull. 'Within ten minutes. 'Done! responded Sir Mulberry. The money was produced on both sides, and the Honourable Mr Snobb was elected to the double office of stake-holder and time-keeper. 'Pray, said Kate, in great confusion, while these preliminaries were in course of completion. 'Pray do not make me the subject of any bets. Uncle, I cannot really
'Mr Pyke, said Ralph. 'Nor me, Nickleby, cried a gentleman with a flushed face and a flash air, from the elbow of Sir Mulberry Hawk. 'Mr Pluck, said Ralph. Then wheeling about again, towards a gentleman with the neck of a stork and the legs of no animal in particular, Ralph introduced him as the Honourable Mr Snobb; and a white-headed person at the table as Colonel Chowser.
'You needn't trouble yourself to inquire, my buck, said Sir Mulberry; 'Miss Nickleby and I understand each other; she declares on my side, and shows her taste. You haven't a chance, old fellow. Time, Snobb? 'Eight minutes gone. 'Get the money ready, said Sir Mulberry; 'you'll soon hand over. 'Ha, ha, ha! laughed Mr Pyke.
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