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Chapter 22

           Hewasthentakenintotheparlourtobeinspectedinhisnewclothes;andwhenhehadbeensurveyedseveraltimes,andhadaffordedbyhisappearanceunlimitedsatisfaction,hewastakenintothestable(wheretheponyreceivedhimwithuncommoncomplaisance);andthenceintothelittlechamberhehadalreadyobserved,whichwasverycleanandcomfortable:andthenceintothegarden,inwhichtheoldgentlemantoldhimhewouldbetaughttoemployhimself,andwherehetoldhim,besides,whatgreatthingshemeanttodotomakehimcomfortable,andhappy,ifhefoundhedeservedit.Allthesekindnesses,Kitacknowledgedwithvariousexpressionsofgratitude,andsomanytouchesofthenewhat,thatthebrimsufferedconsiderably.Whentheoldgentlemanhadsaidallhehadtosayinthewayofpromiseandadvice,andKithadsaidallhehadtosayinthewayofassuranceandthankfulness,hewashandedoveragaintotheoldlady,who,summoningthelittleservant-girl(whosenamewasBarbara)instructedhertotakehimdownstairsandgivehimsomethingtoeatanddrink,afterhiswalk.

           Downstairs,therefore,Kitwent;andatthebottomofthestairstherewassuchakitchenaswasneverbeforeseenorheardofoutofatoy-shopwindow,witheverythinginitasbrightandglowing,andaspreciselyorderedtoo,asBarbaraherself.Andinthiskitchen,Kitsathimselfdownatatableaswhiteasatablecloth,toeatcoldmeat,anddrinksmallale,andusehisknifeandforkthemoreawkwardly,becausetherewasanunknownBarbaralookingonandobservinghim

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