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Chapter 63

           Sally,Sir,willbedelightedI’msure.She’sextremelysorrytoloseyou,MrRichard,butasenseofherdutytosocietyreconcilesher.Anamazingcreaturethat,sir!You’llfindthemoneyquitecorrect,Ithink.There’sacrackedwindowsir,butI’venotmadeanydeductiononthataccount.Wheneverwepartwithfriends,MrRichard,letuspartliberally.Adelightfulsentiment,sir!’

           Toalltheseramblingobservations,MrSwivelleranswerednotoneword,but,returningfortheaquaticjacket,rolleditintoatightroundball:lookingsteadilyatBrassmeanwhileasifhehadsomeintentionofbowlinghimdownwithit.Heonlytookitunderhisarm,however,andmarchedoutoftheofficeinprofoundsilence.Whenhehadclosedthedoor,here-openedit,staredinagainforafewmomentswiththesameportentousgravity,andnoddinghisheadonce,inaslowandghost-likemanner,vanished.

           Hepaidthecoachman,andturnedhisbackonBevisMarks,bigwithgreatdesignsforthecomfortingofKit’smotherandtheaidofKithimself.

           ButthelivesofgentlemendevotedtosuchpleasuresasRichardSwiveller,areextremelyprecarious.Thespiritualexcitementofthelastfortnight,workinguponasystemaffectedinnoslightdegreebythespirituousexcitementofsomeyears,provedalittletoomuchforhim.Thatverynight,MrRichardwasseizedwithanalarmingillness,andintwenty-fourhourswasstrickenwitharagingfever.

           

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