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Strongly illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway

           Agrinstoleoverthefatboy’sfeaturesashesaid

           ‘Iseehera-kissin’ofhimagin.’

           IfMr.Jingle,fromhisplaceofconcealment,couldhavebeheldtheexpressionwhichtheoldlady’sfaceassumedatthiscommunication,theprobabilityisthatasuddenburstoflaughterwouldhavebetrayedhisclosevicinitytothesummer-house.Helistenedattentively.Fragmentsofangrysentencessuchas,‘Withoutmypermission!’‘Athertimeoflife’‘Miserableold‘oomanlikeme’‘MighthavewaitedtillIwasdead,’andsoforth,reachedhisears;andthenheheardtheheelsofthefatboy’sbootscrunchingthegravel,asheretiredandlefttheoldladyalone.

           Itwasaremarkablecoincidenceperhaps,butitwasneverthelessafact,thatMr.JinglewithinfiveminutesofhisarrivalatManorFarmontheprecedingnight,hadinwardlyresolvedtolaysiegetotheheartofthespinsteraunt,withoutdelay.Hehadobservationenoughtosee,thathisoff-handmannerwasbynomeansdisagreeabletothefairobjectofhisattack;andhehadmorethanastrongsuspicionthatshepossessedthatmostdesirableofallrequisites,asmallindependence.Theimperativenecessityofoustinghisrivalbysomemeansorother,flashedquicklyuponhim,andheimmediatelyresolvedtoadoptcertainproceedingstendingtothatendandobject,withoutamoment’sdelay.Fieldingtellsusthatmanisfire,andwomantow,andthePrinceofDarknesssetsalightto’em.Mr.

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