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Chapter 40

           Hehadalreadyhadamisgivingthattheinconstantactorsinthatdazzlingvisionhadbeendoingthesamethingthenightbeforelast,andwoulddoitagainthatnight,andthenext,andforweeksandmonthstocome,thoughhewouldnotbethere.Suchisthedifferencebetweenyesterdayandtoday.Weareallgoingtotheplay,orcominghomefromit.

           However,theSunhimselfisweakwhenhefirstrises,andgathersstrengthandcourageasthedaygetson.Bydegrees,theybegantorecallcircumstancesmoreandmorepleasantintheirnature,until,whatbetweentalking,walking,andlaughing,theyreachedFinchleyinsuchgoodheart,thatBarbara’smotherdeclaredsheneverfeltlesstiredorinbetterspirits.AndsosaidKit.Barbarahadbeensilentalltheway,butshesaidsotoo.PoorlittleBarbara!Shewasveryquiet.

           TheywereathomeinsuchgoodtimethatKithadrubbeddowntheponyandmadehimasspruceasarace-horse,beforeMrGarlandcamedowntobreakfast;whichpunctualandindustriousconducttheoldlady,andtheoldgentleman,andMrAbel,highlyextolled.Athisusualhour(orratherathisusualminuteandsecond,forhewasthesoulofpunctuality)MrAbelwalkedout,tobeovertakenbytheLondoncoach,andKitandtheoldgentlemanwenttoworkinthegarden.

           ThiswasnottheleastpleasantofKit’semployments.

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