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Chapter 69

           ButwhenIcametothinkagain,IfeltsurethatIwasdoingherwronginthis;andsoIwenton,asIdidatfirst,hopingtoseeheroncemore,justassheusedtobe.Hopingthis,andrememberingwhatshewas,hasmademefeelasifIwouldalwaystrytopleaseher,andalwaysbewhatIshouldliketoseemtoherifIwasstillherservant.IfI’mthebetterforthatandIdon’tthinkI’mtheworseIamgratefultoherforit,andloveandhonourherthemore.That’stheplainhonesttruth,dearBarbara,uponmyworditis!’

           LittleBarbarawasnotofawaywardorcapriciousnature,and,beingfullofremorse,meltedintotears.Towhatmoreconversationthismighthaveled,weneednotstoptoinquire;forthewheelsofthecarriagewereheardatthatmoment,and,beingfollowedbyasmartringatthegardengate,causedthebustleinthehouse,whichhadlaiddormantforashorttime,toburstagainintotenfoldlifeandvigour.

           Simultaneouslywiththetravellingequipage,arrivedMrChucksterinahackneycab,withcertainpapersandsuppliesofmoneyforthesinglegentleman,intowhosehandshedeliveredthem.Thisdutydischarged,hesubsidedintothebosomofthefamily;and,entertaininghimselfwithastrollingorperipateticbreakfast,watched,withgenteelindifference,theprocessofloadingthecarriage.

           ‘Snobby’sinthis,Isee,Sir?’hesaidtoMrAbelGarland.‘Ithoughthewasn’tinthelasttripbecauseitwasexpectedthathispresencewouldn’tbeacceptabletotheancientbuffalo.’

           ‘Towhom,Sir?’demandedMrAbel.

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