Mr. Gordon declared himself delighted with the proposal, and we all adjourned to a separate table at the corner of the room, where Mr. Gordon, after a deep draught at the purl, thus began:-"You observe yon thin, meagre, cadaverous animal, with rather an intelligent and melancholy expression of countenance-his name is Chitterling Crabtree: his father was an eminent coal-merchant, and left him L10,000. Crabtree turned politician.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
Chitterling dried his tears; and contented himself with the reflection, that, in 'a proper state of things,' such an event could not have occurred.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
He went to the meeting that very night: he said he gloried in his losses-they were for the cause: the whole conclave rang with shouts of applause, and Mr. Chitterling Crabtree went to bed happier than ever.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009