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Chapter 73

           TothisretreatMrChucksterrepairedregularlyeverySundaytospendthedayusuallybeginningwithbreakfastandherehewasthegreatpurveyorofgeneralnewsandfashionableintelligence.ForsomeyearshecontinuedadeadlyfoetoKit,protestingthathehadabetteropinionofhimwhenhewassupposedtohavestolenthefive-poundnote,thanwhenhewasshowntobeperfectlyfreeofthecrime;inasmuchashisguiltwouldhavehadinitsomethingdaringandbold,whereashisinnocencewasbutanotherproofofasneakingandcraftydisposition.Byslowdegrees,however,hewasreconciledtohimintheend;andevenwentsofarastohonourhimwithhispatronage,asonewhohadinsomemeasurereformed,andwasthereforetobeforgiven.Butheneverforgotorpardonedthatcircumstanceoftheshilling;holdingthatifhehadcomebacktogetanotherhewouldhavedonewellenough,butthathisreturningtoworkouttheformergiftwasastainuponhismoralcharacterwhichnopenitenceorcontritioncouldeverwashaway.

           MrSwiveller,havingalwaysbeeninsomemeasureofaphilosophicandreflectiveturn,grewimmenselycontemplative,attimes,inthesmoking-box,andwasaccustomedatsuchperiodstodebateinhisownmindthemysteriousquestionofSophronia’sparentage.

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