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Chapter 10

           Idon’twonderthattheoldgentlemanwantstokeepitfromyou.’

           ‘Hedon’tthinkit’scruel,blessyou,’saidKit,‘anddon’tmeanittobeso,orhewouldn’tdoitIdoconsider,mother,thathewouldn’tdoitforallthegoldandsilverintheworld.No,no,thathewouldn’t.Iknowhimbetterthanthat.’

           ‘Thenwhatdoeshedoitfor,andwhydoeshekeepitsoclosefromyou?’saidMrsNubbles.

           ‘ThatIdon’tknow,’returnedherson.‘Ifhehadn’ttriedtokeepitsoclosethough,Ishouldneverhavefounditout,foritwashisgettingmeawayatnightandsendingmeoffsomuchearlierthanheusedto,thatfirstmademecurioustoknowwhatwasgoingon.Hark!what’sthat?’

           ‘It’sonlysomebodyoutside.’

           ‘It’ssomebodycrossingoverhere,’saidKit,standinguptolisten,‘andcomingveryfasttoo.Hecan’thavegoneoutafterIleft,andthehousecaughtfire,mother!’

           Theboystood,foramoment,reallybereft,bytheapprehensionhehadconjuredup,ofthepowertomove.Thefootstepsdrewnearer,thedoorwasopenedwithahastyhand,andthechildherself,paleandbreathless,andhastilywrappedinafewdisorderedgarments,hurriedintotheroom.

           ‘MissNelly!Whatisthematter!’criedmotherandsontogether.

           ‘Imustnotstayamoment,’shereturned,‘grandfatherhasbeentakenveryill.Ifoundhiminafituponthefloor

           ‘I’llrunforadoctor’saidKit,seizinghisbrimlesshat.

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