Chapter 38

           

           Kitforithappensatthisjuncture,notonlythatwehavebreathingtimetofollowhisfortunes,butthatthenecessitiesoftheseadventuressoadaptthemselvestooureaseandinclinationastocalluponusimperativelytopursuethetrackwemostdesiretotakeKit,whilethematterstreatedofinthelastfifteenchapterswereyetinprogress,was,asthereadermaysuppose,graduallyfamiliarisinghimselfmoreandmorewithMrandMrsGarland,MrAbel,thepony,andBarbara,andgraduallycomingtoconsiderthemoneandallashisparticularprivatefriends,andAbelCottage,Finchley,ashisownproperhome.

           Staythewordsarewritten,andmaygo,butiftheyconveyanynotionthatKit,intheplentifulboardandcomfortablelodgingofhisnewabode,begantothinkslightinglyofthepoorfareandfurnitureofhisolddwelling,theydotheirofficebadlyandcommitinjustice.WhosomindfulofthoseheleftathomealbeittheywerebutamotherandtwoyoungbabiesasKit?Whatboastfulfatherinthefulnessofhishearteverrelatedsuchwondersofhisinfantprodigy,asKitneverweariedoftellingBarbaraintheeveningtime,concerninglittleJacob?WasthereeversuchamotherasKit’smother,onherson’sshowing;orwasthereeversuchcomfortinpovertyasinthepovertyofKit’sfamily,ifanycorrectjudgmentmightbearrivedat,fromhisownglowingaccount!

           Andletmelingerinthisplace,foraninstant,toremarkthatifeverhouseholdaffectionsandlovesaregracefulthings,theyaregracefulinthepoor.

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