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Chapter 32

           BorthropTrumbullreallyknewnothingaboutoldFeatherstone’swill;buthecouldhardlyhavebeenbroughttodeclareanyignoranceunlesshehadbeenarrestedformisprisionoftreason.

           "Ishalltakeameremouthfulofhamandaglassofale,"hesaid,reassuringly."Asamanwithpublicbusiness,ItakeasnackwhenIcan.Iwillbackthisham,"headded,afterswallowingsomemorselswithalarminghaste,"againstanyhaminthethreekingdoms.InmyopinionitisbetterthanthehamsatFreshittHallandIthinkIamatolerablejudge."

           "Somedon’tlikesomuchsugarintheirhams,"saidMrs.Waule."Butmypoorbrotherwouldalwayshavesugar."

           "Ifanypersondemandsbetter,heisatlibertytodoso;but,Godblessme,whatanaroma!Ishouldbegladtobuyinthatquality,Iknow.Thereissomegratificationtoagentleman"—hereMr.Trumbull’svoiceconveyedanemotionalremonstrance"inhavingthiskindofhamsetonhistable."

           Hepushedasidehisplate,pouredouthisglassofaleanddrewhischairalittleforward,profitingbytheoccasiontolookattheinnersideofhislegs,whichhestrokedapprovinglyMr.Trumbullhavingallthoselessfrivolousairsandgestureswhichdistinguishthepredominantracesofthenorth.

           "Youhaveaninterestingworkthere,Isee,MissGarth,"heobserved,whenMaryre-entered."Itisbytheauthorof‘Waverley’:thatisSirWalterScott.

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