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Chapter 40

           WouldMrAbelpartwithme,Sir,oristhereanybodythatcouldbefonderofthegarden,ma’am?Itwouldbreakmother’sheart,Sir,andevenlittleJacobwouldhavesenseenoughtocryhiseyesout,ma’am,ifhethoughtthatMrAbelcouldwishtopartwithmesosoon,afterhavingtoldme,onlytheotherday,thathehopedwemightbetogetherforyearstocome

           ThereisnotellinghowlongKitmighthavestoodupontheladder,addressinghismasterandmistressbyturns,andgenerallyturningtowardsthewrongperson,ifBarbarahadnotatthatmomentcomerunninguptosaythatamessengerfromtheofficehadbroughtanote,which,withanexpressionofsomesurpriseatKit’soratoricalappearance,sheputintohermaster’shand.

           ‘Oh!’saidtheoldgentlemanafterreadingit,‘askthemessengertowalkthisway.’Barbaratrippingofftodoasshewasbid,heturnedtoKitandsaidthattheywouldnotpursuethesubjectanyfurther,andthatKitcouldnotbemoreunwillingtopartwiththem,thantheywouldbetopartwithKit;asentimentwhichtheoldladyverygenerouslyechoed.

           ‘Atthesametime,Christopher,’addedMrGarland,glancingatthenoteinhishand,‘ifthegentlemanshouldwanttoborrowyounowandthenforanhourorso,orevenadayorso,atatime,wemustconsenttolendyou,andyoumustconsenttobelent.Oh!hereistheyounggentleman.Howdoyoudo,Sir?’

           ThissalutationwasaddressedtoMrChuckster,who,withhishatextremelyononeside,andhishairalongwaybeyondit,cameswaggeringupthewalk.

           ‘HopeIseeyouwellsir,’returnedthatgentleman.

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