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Chapter 59

           

           ‘Knowwhat!goodHeaven,MrBrass!’criedKit,tremblingfromheadtofoot;‘youdon’tsuppose

           ‘No,no,’rejoinedBrassquickly,‘Idon’tsupposeanything.Don’tsayIsaidyoudid.You’llcomebackquietly,Ihope?’

           ‘OfcourseIwill,’returnedKit.‘Whynot?’

           ‘Tobesure!’saidBrass.‘Whynot?Ihopetheremayturnouttobenowhynot.IfyouknewthetroubleI’vebeenin,thismorning,throughtakingyourpart,Christopher,you’dbesorryforit.’

           ‘AndIamsureyou’llbesorryforhavingsuspectedmesir,’repliedKit.‘Come.Letusmakehasteback.’

           ‘Certainly!’criedBrass,‘thequicker,thebetter.MrRichardhavethegoodness,sir,totakethatarm.I’lltakethisone.It’snoteasywalkingthreeabreast,butunderthesecircumstancesitmustbedone,sir;there’snohelpforit.’

           Kitdidturnfromwhitetored,andfromredtowhiteagain,whentheysecuredhimthus,andforamomentseemeddisposedtoresist.But,quicklyrecollectinghimself,andrememberingthatifhemadeanystruggle,hewouldperhapsbedraggedbythecollarthroughthepublicstreets,heonlyrepeated,withgreatearnestnessandwiththetearsstandinginhiseyes,thattheywouldbesorryforthisandsufferedthemtoleadhimoff.

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