'Our citizens an't long of riling up, I tell you; and our Gazette could
flay you like a wild cat.'
Martin was going to be very wroth, but he thought better of it, and
said:
'In Heaven's name let them come, then.'
'Oh, THEY'll come,' returned the Captain. 'I have seen the big room
fixed a'purpose, with my eyes.'
'But will you,' said Martin, seeing that the Captain was about to go;
'will you at least tell me this? What do they want to see me for? what
have I done? and how do they happen to have such a sudden interest in
me?'
Captain Kedgick put a thumb and three fingers to each side of the
brim of his hat; lifted it a little way off his head; put it on again
carefully; passed one hand all down his face, beginning at the forehead
and ending at the chin; looked at Martin; then at Mark; then at Martin
again; winked, and walked out.
'Upon my life, now!' said Martin, bringing his hand heavily upon the
table; 'such a perfectly unaccountable fellow as that, I never saw.
Mark, what do you say to this?'
'Why, sir,' returned his partner, 'my opinion is that we must have got
to the MOST remarkable man in the country at last.
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