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Chapter 41

           HecertainlydidnotglanceatKitorathismother,andappearedutterlyunconsciousoftheirpresence;stillKitcouldnothelpfeeling,directly,thattheattentionoftheslylittlefiendwasfasteneduponthem,anduponnothingelse.

           But,astoundedashewasbytheapparitionofthedwarfamongtheLittleBethelites,andnotfreefromamisgivingthatitwastheforerunnerofsometroubleorannoyance,hewascompelledtosubduehiswonderandtotakeactivemeasuresforthewithdrawalofhisparent,astheeveningwasnowcreepingon,andthemattergrewserious.Therefore,thenexttimelittleJacobwoke,Kitsethimselftoattracthiswanderingattention,andthisnotbeingaverydifficulttask(onesneezeeffectedit),hesignedtohimtorousehismother.

           Ill-luckwouldhaveit,however,that,justthen,thepreacher,inaforcibleexpositionofoneheadofhisdiscourse,leanedoveruponthepulpit-desksothatverylittlemoreofhimthanhislegsremainedinside;and,whilehemadevehementgestureswithhisrighthand,andheldonwithhisleft,stared,orseemedtostare,straightintolittleJacob’seyes,threateninghimbyhisstrainedlookandattitudesoitappearedtothechildthatifhesomuchasmovedamuscle,he,thepreacher,wouldbeliterally,andnotfiguratively,‘downuponhim’thatinstant.

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