Why, then, it’s done." Chapter LIX of Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop by Thomas Worth in the first Household Edition volume published by Harper & Bros., New York (1872), 185: 4 ⅛ x 5 ½ inches (10.6 x 13.7 cm) framed. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
Passage Illustrated: Sampson Brass lays a trap for Kit Nubbles at Bevis Marks
As Brass spoke, he moved the hat twice or thrice, and shuffled among the papers again, as if in search of something.
"How can I see any objection to such a kind offer, sir?" replied Kit with his whole heart. "I don’t know how to thank you sir, I don’t indeed."
"Why then," said Brass, suddenly turning upon him and thrusting his face close to Kit’s with such a repulsive smile that the latter, even in the very height of his gratitude, drew back, quite startled. "Why, then, it’s done."
Kit looked at him in some confusion.
"Done, I say," added Sampson, rubbing his hands and veiling himself again in his usual oily manner. "Ha ha! and so you shall find Kit, so you shall find. But dear me," said Brass, "what a time Mr. Richard is gone! A sad loiterer to be sure! Will you mind the office one minute, while I run up-stairs? Only one minute. I’ll not detain you an instant longer, on any account, Kit." [Chapter LIX, 184]
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Bibliography
Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Illustrated by Thomas Worth. The Household Edition. 16 vols. New York: Harper & Bros., 1872. I.
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