Illustration for chapter 44 of evan harrington (once a week magazine, volume 3, page 365). Andrew cogglesby has let it be known that he is bankrupt (actually, he's not, it's supposed to be a joke) and has therefore returned home to find the creditors' man in his house to take possession of his belongings. He is enraged by not knowing how to handle the consequences. "andrew flew into such a rage that he committed an assault on the man. It was something beyond a joke, this! the intruder, perfectly docile, seeing that by accurate calculation every shake he got involved a bottle of wine for him, and ultimate compensation probably to the amount of a couple of sovereigns, allowed himself to be lugged upstairs, in default of summary ejection on the point of andrew’s toe into the street. There he was faced to the lady of the house, who apologised to him, and requested her husband to state what had made him guilty of this indecent behaviour. The man showed his papers. They were quite in order. ". Date: 29 September 1860.
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