Book 1

, chap. xxiv.]

[Illustration: MOUNTING TO HIS ATTIC, ATTENDED BY MRS. PLORNISH AS INTERPRETER, HE FOUND MR. BAPTIST WITH NO FURNITURE BUT HIS BED ON THE GROUND, A TABLE AND A CHAIR, CARVING WITH THE AID OF A FEW SIMPLE TOOLS, IN THE BLITHEST WAY POSSIBLE. "NOW, OLD CHAP," SAID MR. PANCKS, "PAY UP!"--