"A quartern of the best brandy," said Lupin.
Todd felt that now the safest thing he could do, was to brave the matter out, as anything in the shape of a retreat would be much worse than actually making an appearance at the bar of the public-house; and then it was truly ridiculous to see the manner in which Todd strove to alter the cast of his features, by protruding one lip, and putting on what he thought as a kind of satisfied smirking smile, extremely difficult, indeed, for his usual expression of face.
There was only one slight comfort he felt, and that was in the circumstance that the news of their escape from Newgate had not yet reached that place.
"A nice, bracing morning, gentlemen," said the publican.
"Very, by the goodness of providence," said Lupin.
"Amen!" said Todd.
"I have just, gentlemen, been buying a portrait of the execrable Todd; and if either of you have happened to see him in London, perhaps you can tell me if it is at all like the villain. We frighten our children now, if they misbehave themselves at all, and tell them that Todd is coming to make them into pies, and then they are as quiet as possible. Ha! ha!"
"How funny," said Todd,
"Well," said Lupin, as he looked at the twopenny portrait of Todd, with a pretended critical air, "I don't think it's like him at all. I saw him at Newgate; and my friend here, is more like him than this picture."
"You don't say so, sir?" said the landlord.