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Chapter 73

           Itfelluponasmartyoungfellowenough;andashemadeitapreliminaryconditionthatMrsJiniwinshouldbethenceforthanout-pensioner,theylivedtogetheraftermarriagewithnomorethantheaverageamountofquarrelling,andledamerrylifeuponthedeaddwarf’smoney.

           MrandMrsGarland,andMrAbel,wentoutasusual(exceptthattherewasachangeintheirhousehold,aswillbeseenpresently),andinduetimethelatterwentintopartnershipwithhisfriendthenotary,onwhichoccasiontherewasadinner,andaball,andgreatextentofdissipation.Untothisballtherehappenedtobeinvitedthemostbashfulyoungladythatwaseverseen,withwhomMrAbelhappenedtofallinlove.HOWithappened,orhowtheyfounditout,orwhichofthemfirstcommunicatedthediscoverytotheother,nobodyknows.Butcertainitisthatincourseoftimetheyweremarried;andequallycertainitisthattheywerethehappiestofthehappy;andnolesscertainitisthattheydeservedtobeso.Anditispleasanttowritedownthattheyrearedafamily;becauseanypropagationofgoodnessandbenevolenceisnosmalladditiontothearistocracyofnature,andnosmallsubjectofrejoicingformankindatlarge.

           Theponypreservedhischaracterforindependenceandprincipledowntothelastmomentofhislife;whichwasanunusuallylongone,andcausedhimtobelookedupon,indeed,astheveryOldParrofponies.

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