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           Congratulatinghimselfthatahandsomerepasthadbeenorderedthatmorning,feelingsurethatitwouldbereadytotheminute,andindulginginpleasantanticipationsofthecharmingeffectitwouldproduce,whenhisprettywifecamerunningouttomeethim,heescortedhisfriendtohismansion,withtheirrepressiblesatisfactionofayounghostandhusband.

           Itisaworldofdisappointments,asJohndiscoveredwhenhereachedtheDovecote.Thefrontdoorusuallystoodhospitablyopen.Nowitwasnotonlyshut,butlocked,andyesterday’smudstilladornedthesteps.Theparlorwindowswereclosedandcurtained,nopictureoftheprettywifesewingonthepiazza,inwhite,withadistractinglittlebowinherhair,orabright-eyedhostess,smilingashywelcomeasshegreetedherguest.Nothingofthesort,fornotasoulappearedbutasanginary-lookingboyasleepunderthecurrentbushes.

           "I’mafraidsomethinghashappened.Stepintothegarden,Scott,whileIlookupMrs.Brooke,"saidJohn,alarmedatthesilenceandsolitude.

           Roundthehousehehurried,ledbyapungentsmellofburnedsugar,andMr.Scottstrolledafterhim,withaqueerlookonhisface.HepauseddiscreetlyatadistancewhenBrookedisappeared,buthecouldbothseeandhear,andbeingabachelor,enjoyedtheprospectmightily.

           Inthekitchenreignedconfusionanddespair.Oneeditionofjellywastrickledfrompottopot,anotherlayuponthefloor,andathirdwasburninggailyonthestove.

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