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Chapter 60

           Iappealtoyouisthisquiterespectful?Reallygentlemen

           ‘Well,willyouhavethegoodnesstostateyourbusinessthen,MrBrass?’saidthenotary.

           ‘Sir,’rejoinedBrass,‘Iwill.AhMrWitherden!youlittleknowthebutIwillnotbetemptedtotravelfromthepoint,sir,IbelievethenameofoneofthesegentlemenisGarland.’

           ‘Ofboth,’saidthenotary.

           ‘In-deed!’rejoinedBrass,cringingexcessively.‘ButImighthaveknownthat,fromtheuncommonlikeness.Extremelyhappy,Iamsure,tohavethehonourofanintroductiontotwosuchgentlemen,althoughtheoccasionisamostpainfulone.OneofyougentlemenhasaservantcalledKit?’

           ‘Both,’repliedthenotary.

           ’TwoKits?’saidBrasssmiling.‘Dearme!’

           ‘OneKit,sir,’returnedMrWitherdenangrily,‘whoisemployedbybothgentlemen.Whatofhim?’

           ‘Thisofhim,sir,’rejoinedBrass,droppinghisvoiceimpressively.‘Thatyoungman,sir,thatIhavefeltunboundedandunlimitedconfidencein,andalwaysbehavedtoasifhewasmyequalthatyoungmanhasthismorningcommittedarobberyinmyoffice,andbeentakenalmostinthefact.’

           ‘Thismustbesomefalsehood!’criedthenotary.

           ‘Itisnotpossible,’saidMrAbel.

           ‘I’llnotbelieveonewordofit,’exclaimedtheoldgentleman.

           MrBrasslookedmildlyrounduponthem,andrejoined,

           ‘MrWitherden,sir,yourwordsareactionable,andifIwasamanoflowandmeanstanding,whocouldn’taffordtobeslandered,Ishouldproceedfordamages.Hows’ever,sir,beingwhatIam,Imerelyscornsuchexpressions.

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