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Chapter 47

           

           Immediatelyflyingtothebell,andcallingformulledwineasimpetuouslyasifithadbeenwantedforinstantuseintherecoveryofsomepersonapparentlydrowned,thesinglegentlemanmadeKit’smotherswallowabumperofitatsuchahightemperaturethatthetearsrandownherface,andthenhustledherofftothechaiseagain,wherenotimpossiblyfromtheeffectsofthisagreeablesedativeshesoonbecameinsensibletohisrestlessness,andfellfastasleep.Norwerethehappyeffectsofthisprescriptionofatransitorynature,as,notwithstandingthatthedistancewasgreater,andthejourneylonger,thanthesinglegentlemanhadanticipated,shedidnotawakeuntilitwasbroadday,andtheywereclatteringoverthepavementofatown.

           ‘Thisistheplace!’criedhercompanion,lettingdownalltheglasses.‘Drivetothewax-work!’

           Theboyonthewheelertouchedhishat,andsettingspurstohishorse,totheendthattheymightgoinbrilliantly,allfourbrokeintoasmartcanter,anddashedthroughthestreetswithanoisethatbroughtthegoodfolkswonderingtotheirdoorsandwindows,anddrownedthesobervoicesofthetown-clocksastheychimedouthalf-pasteight.Theydroveuptoadoorroundwhichacrowdofpersonswerecollected,andtherestopped.

           ‘What’sthis?’saidthesinglegentlemanthrustingouthishead.‘Isanythingthematterhere?’

           ‘AweddingSir,awedding!’criedseveralvoices.

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