Illustration for the story "the cry in the dark" by thomas wilkinson speight. Once a week magazine, volume 8, page 673. Illustrates this passage: jacoby chose some whisky on the landlord's recommendation, and i ordered a tumbler of the same, more for "the good of the house," as the saying is, than because i cared to drink it. On jacoby's invitation the landlord came and joined us; for the pedlar was fond of society, and probably thought he saw some chance of driving a bargain; at all events, after imbibing a glass or two of whisky, he grew more talkative than ever, and at last lifted his box on to his knees, opened it, and spread out on the table a quantity of cheap jewellery, which looked very bright and glittering by candlelight, but was, in reality, of very small intrinsic value; and endeavoured, by a voluble and energetic harangue, to tempt the landlord into becoming a purchaser. That calm and sententious individual examined the baubles one by one, replaced them carefully on the table, and ended by expressing his opinion of them by a little silent laugh, and two or three extra puffs from his pipe; thereby intimating, as plainly as though he had said so in as many words, "rubbish, every bit of it: don't attempt to deceive me!". Date: 13 June 1863.
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