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Chapter 53

           Bulstrodefeltasifthesunshinewereallonewiththatoffar-offeveningswhenhewasaveryyoungmanandusedtogooutpreachingbeyondHighbury.Andhewouldwillinglyhavehadthatserviceofexhortationinprospectnow.Thetextsweretherestill,andsowashisownfacilityinexpoundingthem.HisbriefreveriewasinterruptedbythereturnofCalebGarth,whoalsowasonhorseback,andwasjustshakinghisbridlebeforestarting,whenheexclaimed

           "Blessmyheart!what’sthisfellowinblackcomingalongthelane?He’slikeoneofthosemenoneseesaboutaftertheraces."

           Mr.Bulstrodeturnedhishorseandlookedalongthelane,butmadenoreply.ThecomerwasourslightacquaintanceMr.Raffles,whoseappearancepresentednootherchangethansuchaswasduetoasuitofblackandacrapehat-band.Hewaswithinthreeyardsofthehorsemannow,andtheycouldseetheflashofrecognitioninhisfaceashewhirledhisstickupward,lookingallthewhileatMr.Bulstrode,andatlastexclaiming:

           "ByJove,Nick,it’syou!Icouldn’tbemistaken,thoughthefive-and-twentyyearshaveplayedoldBoguywithusboth!Howareyou,eh?youdidn’texpecttoseeMEhere.Come,shakeusbythehand."TosaythatMr.Raffles’mannerwasratherexcitedwouldbeonlyonemodeofsayingthatitwasevening.CalebGarthcouldseethattherewasamomentofstruggleandhesitationinMr.

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