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Chapter 58

           Thefactis,thatImyselfhavemissedseveralsmallsumsfromthedesk,oflate,andhaverefrainedfrommentioningit,hopingthataccidentwoulddiscovertheoffender;butithasnotdonesoithasnotdoneso.SallyMrRichard,sirthisisaparticularlydistressingaffair!’

           AsSampsonspoke,helaidthebank-noteuponthedeskamongsomepapers,inanabsentmanner,andthrusthishandsintohispockets.RichardSwivellerpointedtoit,andadmonishedhimtotakeitup.

           ‘No,MrRichard,sir,’rejoinedBrasswithemotion,‘Iwillnottakeitup.Iwillletitliethere,sir.Totakeitup,MrRichard,sir,wouldimplyadoubtofyou;andinyou,sir,Ihaveunlimitedconfidence.Wewillletitliethere,Sir,ifyouplease,andwewillnottakeitupbyanymeans.’Withthat,MrBrasspattedhimtwiceorthriceontheshoulder,inamostfriendlymanner,andentreatedhimtobelievethathehadasmuchfaithinhishonestyashehadinhisown.

           AlthoughatanothertimeMrSwivellermighthavelookeduponthisasadoubtfulcompliment,hefeltit,underthethen-existingcircumstances,agreatrelieftobeassuredthathewasnotwrongfullysuspected.Whenhehadmadeasuitablereply,MrBrasswrunghimbythehand,andfellintoabrownstudy,asdidMissSallylikewise.Richardtooremainedinathoughtfulstate;fearingeverymomenttoheartheMarchionessimpeached,andunabletoresisttheconvictionthatshemustbeguilty.

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