Chapter 73

           

           Themagicreel,which,rollingonbefore,hasledthechroniclerthusfar,nowslackensinitspace,andstops.Itliesbeforethegoal;thepursuitisatanend.

           Itremainsbuttodismisstheleadersofthelittlecrowdwhohaveborneuscompanyupontheroad,andsotoclosethejourney.

           Foremostamongthem,smoothSampsonBrassandSally,arminarm,claimourpoliteattention.

           MrSampson,then,beingdetained,asalreadyhasbeenshown,bythejusticeuponwhomhecalled,andbeingsostronglypressedtoprotracthisstaythathecouldbynomeansrefuse,remainedunderhisprotectionforaconsiderabletime,duringwhichthegreatattentionofhisentertainerkepthimsoextremelyclose,thathewasquitelosttosociety,andneverevenwentabroadforexercisesavingintoasmallpavedyard.Sowell,indeed,washismodestandretiringtemperunderstoodbythosewithwhomhehadtodeal,andsojealousweretheyofhisabsence,thattheyrequiredakindoffriendlybondtobeenteredintobytwosubstantialhousekeepers,inthesumoffifteenhundredpoundsa-piece,beforetheywouldsufferhimtoquittheirhospitableroofdoubting,itappeared,thathewouldreturn,ifonceletloose,onanyotherterms.MrBrass,struckwiththehumourofthisjest,andcarryingoutitsspirittotheutmost,soughtfromhiswideconnectionapairoffriendswhosejointpossessionsfellsomehalfpenceshortoffifteenpence,andprofferedthemasbailforthatwasthemerrywordagreeduponbothsides.

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