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Chapter 17

           

           ‘IndeedIhardlyknowwehavenotdeterminedyet,’repliedthechild.

           ‘We’regoingontotheraces,’saidthelittleman.‘Ifthat’syourwayandyouliketohaveusforcompany,letustraveltogether.Ifyouprefergoingalone,onlysaythewordandyou’llfindthatweshan’ttroubleyou.’

           ‘We’llgowithyou,’saidtheoldman.‘Nellwiththem,withthem.’

           Thechildconsideredforamoment,andreflectingthatshemustshortlybeg,andcouldscarcelyhopetodosoatabetterplacethanwherecrowdsofrichladiesandgentlemenwereassembledtogetherforpurposesofenjoymentandfestivity,determinedtoaccompanythesemensofar.Shethereforethankedthelittlemanforhisoffer,andsaid,glancingtimidlytowardshisfriend,thatiftherewasnoobjectiontotheiraccompanyingthemasfarastheracetown

           ‘Objection!’saidthelittleman.‘Nowbegraciousforonce,Tommy,andsaythatyou’drathertheywentwithus.Iknowyouwould.Begracious,Tommy.’

           ‘Trotters,’saidMrCodlin,whotalkedveryslowlyandateverygreedily,asisnotuncommonwithphilosophersandmisanthropes;‘you’retoofree.’

           ‘Whywhatharmcanitdo?’urgedtheother.

           ’Noharmatallinthisparticularcase,perhaps,’repliedMrCodlin;‘buttheprinciple’sadangerousone,andyou’retoofreeItellyou.

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