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A Cynical Chapter

           

           ButewentupstairsandfoundtheDoctorfromMudbury,withthefrightenedHorrocksoverhismasterinachair.TheyweretryingtobleedSirPittCrawley.

           WiththeearlymorninganexpresswassentofftoMr.PittCrawleybytheRector’slady,whoassumedthecommandofeverything,andhadwatchedtheoldBaronetthroughthenight.Hehadbeenbroughtbacktoasortoflife;hecouldnotspeak,butseemedtorecognizepeople.Mrs.Butekeptresolutelybyhisbedside.Sheneverseemedtowanttosleep,thatlittlewoman,anddidnotcloseherfieryblackeyesonce,thoughtheDoctorsnoredinthearm-chair.Horrocksmadesomewildeffortstoasserthisauthorityandassisthismaster;butMrs.Butecalledhimatipsyoldwretchandbadehimnevershowhisfaceagaininthathouse,orheshouldbetransportedlikehisabominabledaughter.

           Terrifiedbyhermanner,heslunkdowntotheoakparlourwhereMr.Jameswas,who,havingtriedthebottlestandingthereandfoundnoliquorinit,orderedMr.Horrockstogetanotherbottleofrum,whichhefetched,withcleanglasses,andtowhichtheRectorandhissonsatdown,orderingHorrockstoputdownthekeysatthatinstantandnevertoshowhisfaceagain.

           Cowedbythisbehaviour,Horrocksgaveupthekeys,andheandhisdaughterslunkoffsilentlythroughthenightandgaveuppossessionofthehouseofQueen’sCrawley.

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