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Chapter 35

           Standish,andhehadcometoStoneCourtthismorningbelievingthatheknewthoroughlywellwhowouldbepleasedandwhodisappointedbeforethedaywasover.ThewillheexpectedtoreadwasthelastofthreewhichhehaddrawnupforMr.Featherstone.Mr.Standishwasnotamanwhovariedhismanners:hebehavedwiththesamedeep-voiced,off-handcivilitytoeverybody,asifhesawnodifferenceinthem,andtalkedchieflyofthehay-crop,whichwouldbe"veryfine,byGod!"ofthelastbulletinsconcerningtheKing,andoftheDukeofClarence,whowasasailoreveryinchofhim,andjustthemantoruleoveranislandlikeBritain.

           OldFeatherstonehadoftenreflectedashesatlookingatthefirethatStandishwouldbesurprisedsomeday:itistruethatifhehaddoneashelikedatthelast,andburntthewilldrawnupbyanotherlawyer,hewouldnothavesecuredthatminorend;stillhehadhadhispleasureinruminatingonit.AndcertainlyMr.Standishwassurprised,butnotatallsorry;onthecontrary,heratherenjoyedthezestofalittlecuriosityinhisownmind,whichthediscoveryofasecondwilladdedtotheprospectiveamazementonthepartoftheFeatherstonefamily.

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