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Chapter 1

           

           “Ibetanythingitis!”exclaimedthered-nosedpassenger,withextremesatisfaction,“andthathehaspreciouslittleintheluggagevan!—thoughofcoursepovertyisnocrime—wemustrememberthat!”

           Itappearedthatitwasindeedastheyhadsurmised.Theyoungfellowhastenedtoadmitthefactwithwonderfulreadiness.

           “Yourbundlehassomeimportance,however,”continuedtheclerk,whentheyhadlaughedtheirfill(itwasobservablethatthesubjectoftheirmirthjoinedinthelaughterwhenhesawthemlaughing);“forthoughIdaresayitisnotstuffedfulloffriedrichsd’orandlouisd’or—judgefromyourcostumeandgaiters—still—ifyoucanaddtoyourpossessionssuchavaluablepropertyasarelationlikeMrs.GeneralEpanchin,thenyourbundlebecomesasignificantobjectatonce.Thatis,ofcourse,ifyoureallyarearelativeofMrs.Epanchin’s,andhavenotmadealittleerrorthrough—well,absenceofmind,whichisverycommontohumanbeings;or,say—throughatooluxuriantfancy?”

           “Oh,youarerightagain,”saidthefair-hairedtraveller,“forIreallyamalmostwrongwhenIsaysheandIarerelated.Sheishardlyarelationatall;solittle,infact,thatIwasnotintheleastsurprisedtohavenoanswertomyletter.Iexpectedasmuch.”

           “H’m!youspentyourpostagefornothing,then.H’m!youarecandid,however—andthatiscommendable.H’m!Mrs.Epanchin—ohyes!amosteminentperson.Iknowher.AsforMr.

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