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Chapter 63

           Kit’sgentleman,notknowinghowthematterreallystands,isafraidtopursuethesubject.RichardSwivellerretiresabashed.Judge,juryandspectatorshavevisionsofhisloungingabout,withanill-looking,large-whiskered,dissoluteyoungfellowofsixfeethigh.Therealityis,littleJacob,withthecalvesofhislegsexposedtotheopenair,andhimselftiedupinashawl.Nobodyknowsthetruth;everybodybelievesafalsehood;andallbecauseoftheingenuityofMrBrass’sgentleman.

           Thencomethewitnessestocharacter,andhereMrBrass’sgentlemanshinesagain.ItturnsoutthatMrGarlandhashadnocharacterwithKit,norecommendationofhimbutfromhisownmother,andthathewassuddenlydismissedbyhisformermasterforunknownreasons.‘ReallyMrGarland,’saysMrBrass’sgentleman,‘forapersonwhohasarrivedatyourtimeoflife,youare,tosaytheleastofit,singularlyindiscreet,Ithink.’Thejurythinksotoo,andfindKitguilty.Heistakenoff,humblyprotestinghisinnocence.Thespectatorssettlethemselvesintheirplaceswithrenewedattention,forthereareseveralfemalewitnessestobeexaminedinthenextcase,andithasbeenrumouredthatMrBrass’sgentlemanwillmakegreatfunincross-examiningthemfortheprisoner.

           Kit’smother,poorwoman,iswaitingatthegratebelowstairs,accompaniedbyBarbara’smother(who,honestsoul!neverdoesanythingbutcry,andholdthebaby),andasadinterviewensues.Thenewspaper-readingturnkeyhastoldthemall.

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