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Chapter 57

           Kitcomingdown-stairswouldbecalledin;entertainedwithsomemoralandagreeableconversation;perhapsentreatedtomindtheofficeforaninstantwhileMrBrasssteppedovertheway;andafterwardspresentedwithoneortwohalf-crownsasthecasemightbe.Thisoccurredsooften,thatKit,nothingdoubtingbutthattheycamefromthesinglegentlemanwhohadalreadyrewardedhismotherwithgreatliberality,couldnotenoughadmirehisgenerosity;andboughtsomanycheappresentsforher,andforlittleJacob,andforthebaby,andforBarbaratoboot,thatoneorotherofthemwashavingsomenewtrifleeverydayoftheirlives.

           WhiletheseactsanddeedswereinprogressinandoutoftheofficeofSampsonBrass,RichardSwiveller,beingoftenleftalonetherein,begantofindthetimehangheavyonhishands.Forthebetterpreservationofhischeerfulnesstherefore,andtopreventhisfacultiesfromrusting,heprovidedhimselfwithacribbage-boardandpackofcards,andaccustomedhimselftoplayatcribbagewithadummy,fortwenty,thirty,orsometimesevenfiftythousandpoundsaside,besidesmanyhazardousbetstoaconsiderableamount.

           Asthesegameswereverysilentlyconducted,notwithstandingthemagnitudeoftheinterestsinvolved,MrSwivellerbegantothinkthatonthoseeveningswhenMrandMissBrasswereout(andtheyoftenwentoutnow)heheardakindofsnortingorhard-breathingsoundinthedirectionofthedoor,whichitoccurredtohim,aftersomereflection,mustproceedfromthesmallservant,whoalwayshadacoldfromdampliving.

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