? ? ? ? 'Of whom are you jealous, now?' said I.
? ? ? ? 'Thanks to you, Master Copperfield,' he returned, 'of no one in particular just at present - no male person, at least.'
? ? ? ? 'Do you mean that you are jealous of a female person?'
? ? ? ? He gave me a sidelong glance out of his sinister red eyes, and laughed.
? ? ? ? 'Really, Master Copperfield,' he said, '- I should say Mister, but I know you'll excuse the abit I've got into - you're so insinuating, that you draw me like a corkscrew! Well, I don't mind telling you,' putting his fish-like hand on mine, 'I'm not a lady's man in general, sir, and I never was, with Mrs. Strong.'
? ? ? ? His eyes looked green now, as they watched mine with a rascally cunning.
? ? ? ? 'What do you mean?' said I.
? ? ? ? 'Why, though I am a lawyer, Master Copperfield,' he replied, with a dry grin, 'I mean, just at present, what I say.'
? ? ? ? 'And what do you mean by your look?' I retorted, quietly.
? ? ? ? 'By my look? Dear me, Copperfield, that's sharp practice! What do I mean by my look?'
? ? ? ? 'Yes,' said I. 'By your look.'
? ? ? ? He seemed very much amused, and laughed as heartily as it was in his nature to laugh.
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