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           Nowyouknow,really!Sowell-timed,isitnot?Ye-es!Fromwhencedothesepaperscome,yousay?Thatisthegreatquestion.Naturally.ShallItellyouwhatIthink?Ithink,"saidMissFlite,drawingherselfbackwithaveryshrewdlookandshakingherrightforefingerinamostsignificantmanner,"thattheLordChancellor,awareofthelengthoftimeduringwhichtheGreatSealhasbeenopen(forithasbeenopenalongtime!),forwardsthem.UntilthejudgmentIexpectisgiven.Nowthat’sverycreditable,youknow.ToconfessinthatwaythatheISalittleslowforhumanlife.Sodelicate!AttendingcourttheotherdayIattenditregularly,withmydocumentsItaxedhimwithit,andhealmostconfessed.Thatis,Ismiledathimfrommybench,andHEsmiledatmefromhisbench.Butit’sgreatgoodfortune,isitnot?AndFitz-Jarndycelaysthemoneyoutformetogreatadvantage.Oh,Iassureyoutothegreatestadvantage!"Icongratulatedher(assheaddressedherselftome)uponthisfortunateadditiontoherincomeandwishedheralongcontinuanceofit.Ididnotspeculateuponthesourcefromwhichitcameorwonderwhosehumanitywassoconsiderate.Myguardianstoodbeforeme,contemplatingthebirds,andIhadnoneedtolookbeyondhim."Andwhatdoyoucalltheselittlefellows,ma’am?"saidheinhispleasantvoice."Havetheyanynames?""IcananswerforMissFlitethattheyhave,"saidI,"forshepromisedtotelluswhattheywere.Adaremembers?"Adarememberedverywell."DidI?"saidMissFlite.

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