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Chapter 40

           Thisanticipationwasstrictlyverified,forKithadhadhisdinner,andhistea,andhadreadallthelightermatterintheLaw-List,andthePost-OfficeDirectory,andhadfallenasleepagreatmanytimes,beforethegentlemanwhomhehadseenbefore,camein;whichhedidatlastinaverygreathurry.

           HewasclosetedwithMrWitherdenforsomelittletime,andMrAbelhadbeencalledintoassistattheconference,beforeKit,wonderingverymuchwhathewaswantedfor,wassummonedtoattendthem.

           ‘Christopher,’saidthegentleman,turningtohimdirectlyheenteredtheroom,‘Ihavefoundyouroldmasterandyoungmistress.’

           ‘No,Sir!Haveyou,though?’returnedKit,hiseyessparklingwithdelight.‘Wherearethey,Sir?Howarethey,Sir?Aretheyaretheynearhere?’

           ‘Alongwayfromhere,’returnedthegentleman,shakinghishead.‘ButIamgoingawayto-nighttobringthemback,andIwantyoutogowithme.’

           ‘Me,Sir?’criedKit,fullofjoyandsurprise.

           ‘Theplace,’saidthestrangegentleman,turningthoughtfullytotheNotary,‘indicatedbythismanofthedogs,ishowfarfromheresixtymiles?’

           ‘Fromsixtytoseventy.’

           ‘Humph!Ifwetravelpostallnight,weshallreachthereingoodtimeto-morrowmorning.Now,theonlyquestionis,astheywillnotknowme,andthechild,Godblessher,wouldthinkthatanystrangerpursuingthemhadadesignuponhergrandfather’slibertycanIdobetterthantakethislad,whomtheybothknowandwillreadilyremember,asanassurancetothemofmyfriendlyintentions?’

           ‘Certainlynot,’repliedtheNotary.

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