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of the admission he had gleaned from that worthy. To this he was
impelled by various considerations; among which the certainty of
knowing whatever the weak young man knew was decidedly not
the least, as the desire of encountering the usurer’s niece again,
and using his utmost arts to reduce her pride, and revenge himself
for her contempt, was uppermost in his thoughts. It was a politic
course of proceeding, and one which could not fail to redound to
his advantage in every point of view, since the very circumstance
of his having extorted from Ralph Nickleby his real design in
introducing his niece to such society, coupled with his extreme
disinterestedness in communicating it so freely to his friend, could
not but advance his interests in that quarter, and greatly facilitate
the passage of coin (pretty frequent and speedy already) from the
pockets of Lord Frederick Verisopht to those of Sir Mulberry
Hawk.

Thus reasoned Sir Mulberry, and in pursuance of this
reasoning he and his friend soon afterwards repaired to Ralph
Nickleby’s, there to execute a plan of operations concerted by Sir
Mulberry himself, avowedly to promote his friend’s object, and
really to attain his own.

They found Ralph at home, and alone. As he led them into the
drawing-room, the recollection of the scene which had taken place
there seemed to occur to him, for he cast a curious look at Sir
Mulberry, who bestowed upon it no other acknowledgment than a
careless smile.

They had a short conference upon some money matters then in
progress, which were scarcely disposed of when the lordly dupe
(in pursuance of his friend’s instructions) requested with some
embarrassment to speak to Ralph alone.


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