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In the middle of the night Gibbie half woke, and, finding himself alone, sought his father's bosom; then, in the confusion between sleeping and waking, imagined his father's death come again. Presently he remembered it was in Sambo's arms he fell asleep, but where he was now he could not tell: certainly he was not in bed. Groping, he pushed a door, and a glimmer of light came in. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT GIBBEY HALF WOKE AND FINDING HIMSELF ALONE SOUGHT HIS FATHER'S BOSOM THEN IN THE CONFUSION BETWEEN SLEEPING AND WAKING IMAGINED HIS FATHER'S DEATH COME AGAIN PRESENTLY HE REMEMBERED IT WAS IN SAMBO'S ARMS HE FELL ASLEEP BUT WHERE HE WAS NOW HE COULD NOT TELL CERTAINLY HE WAS NOT IN BED GROPING HE PUSHED A DOOR AND A GLIMMER OF LIGHT CAME IN
 revenge; and then ensued a row. Gibbie had been sitting all the time on his friend’s knee, every now and then stroking his black face, in which, as insult followed insult, the sunny blood kept slowly rising, making the balls of his eyes and his teeth look still whiter. At length a savage from Greenock threw a tumbler at him. Sambo, quick as a lizard, covered his face with his arm. The tumbler falling from it, struck Gibbie on the head--not severely, but hard enough to make him utter a little cry. At that sound, the latent fierceness came wide awake in Sambo. Gently as a nursing mother he set Gibbie down in a corner behind him, then with one rush sent every Jack of the company sprawling on the floor, with the table and bottles and glasses atop of them. At the vision of their plight his good humour instantly returned, he burst into a great hearty laugh, and proceeded at once to lift the table from off them. That effected, he caught up Gibbie in his arms, and carried him with him to bed. EASURE TO INDIGNATION WRATH REVENGE AND THEN ENSUED A ROUND GIBBEY HAD BEEN SITTING ALL THE TIME ON HIS FRIEND'S KNEE EVERY NOW AND THEN STROKING HIS BLACK FACE IN WHICH AS INSULT FOLLOWED INSULT THE SUNNY BLOOD KEPT SLOWLY RISING MAKING THE BALLS OF HIS EYES AND HIS TEETH LOOK STILL WIDER AT LENGTH A SAVAGE FROM GREENWICK THREW A TUMBLER AT HIM SAMBO QUICK AS A LIZARD COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS ARM THE TUMBLER FALLING FROM IT STRUCK GIBBEY ON THE HEAD NOT SEVERELY BUT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM UTTER A LITTLE CRY AT THAT SOUND THE LATENT FIERCENESS CAME WIDE AWAKE IN SAMBO GENTLY AS A NURSING MOTHER HE SET GIBBY DOWN IN A CORNER BEHIND HIM THEN WITH ONE RUSH SENT EVERY JACK OF THE COMPANY SPRAWLING ON THE FLOOR WITH THE TABLE AND BOTTLES AND GLASSES ATOP OF THEM AT THE VISION OF THEIR PLIGHT HIS GOOD HUMOR INSTANTLY RETURNED HE BURST INTO A GREAT HEARTY LAUGH AND PROCEEDED AT ONCE TO LIFT THE TABLE FROM OFF THEM THAT AFFECTED HE CAUGHT UP GIBBEY IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HIM WITH HIM TO BED
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