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Chapter 4

           Instantlyafterwards,thecompanywereseizedwithunspeakableconsternation,owingtohisspringingtohisfeet,turningroundseveraltimesinanappallingspasmodicwhooping-coughdance,andrushingoutatthedoor;hethenbecamevisiblethroughthewindow,violentlyplungingandexpectorating,makingthemosthideousfaces,andapparentlyoutofhismind.

           Iheldontight,whileMrs.JoeandJoerantohim.Ididn’tknowhowIhaddoneit,butIhadnodoubtIhadmurderedhimsomehow.Inmydreadfulsituation,itwasareliefwhenhewasbroughtback,andsurveyingthecompanyallroundasiftheyhaddisagreedwithhim,sankdownintohischairwiththeonesignificantgasp,"Tar!"

           Ihadfilledupthebottlefromthetar-waterjug.Iknewhewouldbeworsebyandby.Imovedthetable,likeaMediumofthepresentday,bythevigorofmyunseenholduponit.

           "Tar!"criedmysister,inamazement."Why,howevercouldTarcomethere?"

           But,UnclePumblechook,whowasomnipotentinthatkitchen,wouldn’theartheword,wouldn’thearofthesubject,imperiouslywaveditallawaywithhishand,andaskedforhotginandwater.Mysister,whohadbeguntobealarminglymeditative,hadtoemployherselfactivelyingettingtheginthehotwater,thesugar,andthelemon-peel,andmixingthem.Forthetimebeingatleast,Iwassaved.Istillheldontothelegofthetable,butclutcheditnowwiththefervorofgratitude.

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