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Chapter 69

           

           Such,however,isthedifferencebetweentownandcountry,thatnobodytookthesmallestnoticeofthisinsinuatingfigure;thewretchesbeingwhollyengagedinbiddingthetravellersfarewell,inkissinghandstoeachother,wavinghandkerchiefs,andtheliketameandvulgarpractices.FornowthesinglegentlemanandMrGarlandwereinthecarriage,andthepost-boywasinthesaddle,andKit,wellwrappedandmuffledup,wasintherumblebehind;andMrsGarlandwasthere,andMrAbelwasthere,andKit’smotherwasthere,andlittleJacobwasthere,andBarbara’smotherwasvisibleinremoteperspective,nursingtheever-wakefulbaby;andallwerenodding,beckoning,curtseying,orcryingout,‘Goodbye!’withalltheenergytheycouldexpress.Inanotherminute,thecarriagewasoutofsight;andMrChucksterremainedaloneonthespotwhereithadlatelybeen,withavisionofKitstandingupintherumblewavinghishandtoBarbara,andofBarbarainthefulllightandlustreofhiseyeshiseyesChuckster’sChucksterthesuccessfulonwhomladiesofqualityhadlookedwithfavourfromphaetonsintheparksonSundayswavingherstoKit!

           HowMrChuckster,entrancedbythismonstrousfact,stoodforsometimerootedtotheearth,protestingwithinhimselfthatKitwasthePrinceoffeloniouscharacters,andveryEmperororGreatMogulofSnobs,andhowheclearlytracedthisrevoltingcircumstancebacktothatoldvillanyoftheshilling,aremattersforeigntoourpurpose;whichistotracktherollingwheels,andbearthetravellerscompanyontheircold,bleakjourney.

           Itwasabitterday.

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