? ? ? ? 'I have the happiness of knowing your father-in-law,' whispered Mr. Creakle, taking me by the ear; 'and a worthy man he is, and a man of a strong character. He knows me, and I know him. Do YOU know me? Hey?' said Mr. Creakle, pinching my ear with ferocious playfulness.
? ? ? ? 'Not yet, sir,' I said, flinching with the pain.
? ? ? ? 'Not yet? Hey?' repeated Mr. Creakle. 'But you will soon. Hey?'
? ? ? ? 'You will soon. Hey?' repeated the man with the wooden leg. I afterwards found that he generally acted, with his strong voice, as Mr. Creakle's interpreter to the boys.
? ? ? ? I was very much frightened, and said, I hoped so, if he pleased. I felt, all this while, as if my ear were blazing; he pinched it so hard.
? ? ? ? 'I'll tell you what I am,' whispered Mr. Creakle, letting it go at last, with a screw at parting that brought the water into my eyes. 'I'm a Tartar.'
? ? ? ? 'A Tartar,' said the man with the wooden leg.
? ? ? ? 'When I say I'll do a thing, I do it,' said Mr. Creakle; 'and when I say I will have a thing done, I will have it done.'
? ? ? ? '- Will have a thing done, I will have it done,' repeated the man with the wooden leg.
? ? ? ? 'I am a determined character,' said Mr.
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