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           "Ihavecometolookaftertheproperty.Shakemeup,andcallinthepoliceondutyatthenexthousetobeexplainedtoabouttheproperty.Mysolicitorwillbeherepresentlytoprotecttheproperty.Transportationorthegallowsforanybodywhoshalltouchtheproperty!"Ashisdutifulgrandchildrensethimup,panting,andputtinghimthroughtheusualrestorativeprocessofshakingandpunching,hestillrepeatslikeanecho,"Thetheproperty!Theproperty!Property!"Mr.WeevleandMr.Guppylookateachother,theformerashavingrelinquishedthewholeaffair,thelatterwithadiscomfitedcountenanceashavingentertainedsomelingeringexpectationsyet.ButthereisnothingtobedoneinoppositiontotheSmallweedinterest.Mr.Tulkinghorn’sclerkcomesdownfromhisofficialpewinthechamberstomentiontothepolicethatMr.Tulkinghornisanswerableforitsbeingallcorrectaboutthenextofkinandthatthepapersandeffectswillbeformallytakenpossessionofinduetimeandcourse.Mr.SmallweedisatoncepermittedsofartoasserthissupremacyastobecarriedonavisitofsentimentintothenexthouseandupstairsintoMissFlite’sdesertedroom,wherehelookslikeahideousbirdofpreynewlyaddedtoheraviary.ThearrivalofthisunexpectedheirsoontakingwindinthecourtstillmakesgoodfortheSolandkeepsthecourtuponitsmettle.Mrs.PiperandMrs.Perkinsthinkithardupontheyoungmaniftherereallyisnowill,andconsiderthatahandsomepresentoughttobemadehimoutoftheestate.

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