Chapter 48

           

           Popularrumourconcerningthesinglegentlemanandhiserrand,travellingfrommouthtomouth,andwaxingstrongerinthemarvellousasitwasbandiedaboutforyourpopularrumour,unliketherollingstoneoftheproverb,isonewhichgathersadealofmossinitswanderingsupanddownoccasionedhisdismountingattheinn-doortobelookeduponasanexcitingandattractivespectacle,whichcouldscarcelybeenoughadmired;anddrewtogetheralargeconcourseofidlers,whohavingrecentlybeen,asitwere,thrownoutofemploymentbytheclosingofthewax-workandthecompletionofthenuptialceremonies,consideredhisarrivalaslittleelsethanaspecialprovidence,andhaileditwithdemonstrationsoftheliveliestjoy.

           Notatallparticipatinginthegeneralsensation,butwearingthedepressedandweariedlookofonewhosoughttomeditateonhisdisappointmentinsilenceandprivacy,thesinglegentlemanalighted,andhandedoutKit’smotherwithagloomypolitenesswhichimpressedthelookers-onextremely.Thatdone,hegaveherhisarmandescortedherintothehouse,whileseveralactivewaitersranonbeforeasaskirmishingparty,toclearthewayandtoshowtheroomwhichwasreadyfortheirreception.

           ‘Anyroomwilldo,’saidthesinglegentleman.‘Letitbenearathand,that’sall.’

           ‘Closehere,sir,ifyoupleasetowalkthisway.’

           ‘Wouldthegentlemanlikethisroom?’saidavoice,asalittleout-of-the-waydooratthefootofthewellstaircaseflewbrisklyopenandaheadpoppedout.‘He’squitewelcometoit.

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