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Chapter 60

           ItwouldundoubtedlyhavegonehardwithKit’sface,butthatthewaryconstable,foreseeingherdesign,drewhimasideatthecriticalmoment,andthusplacedMrChucksterincircumstancesofsomejeopardy;forthatgentlemanhappeningtobenexttheobjectofMissBrass’swrath;andragebeing,likeloveandfortune,blind;waspounceduponbythefairenslaver,andhadafalsecollarpluckedupbytheroots,andhishairverymuchdishevelled,beforetheexertionsofthecompanycouldmakehersensibleofhermistake.

           Theconstable,takingwarningbythisdesperateattack,andthinkingperhapsthatitwouldbemoresatisfactorytotheendsofjusticeiftheprisonerweretakenbeforeamagistrate,whole,ratherthaninsmallpieces,ledhimbacktothehackney-coachwithoutmoreado,andmoreoverinsistedonMissBrassbecominganoutsidepassenger;towhichproposalthecharmingcreature,afteralittleangrydiscussion,yieldedherconsent;andsotookherbrotherSampson’splaceuponthebox:MrBrasswithsomereluctanceagreeingtooccupyherseatinside.Thesearrangementsperfected,theydrovetothejustice-roomwithallspeed,followedbythenotaryandhistwofriendsinanothercoach.MrChucksteralonewasleftbehindgreatlytohisindignation;forheheldtheevidencehecouldhavegiven,relativetoKit’sreturningtoworkouttheshilling,tobesoverymaterialasbearinguponhishypocriticalanddesigningcharacter,thatheconsidereditssuppressionlittlebetterthanacompromiseoffelony

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