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Chapter 46

           ThistroophehadledoutongypsyexcursionstoHalsellWoodatnutting-time,andsincethecoldweatherhadsetinhehadtakenthemonacleardaytogathersticksforabonfireinthehollowofahillside,wherehedrewoutasmallfeastofgingerbreadforthem,andimprovisedaPunch-and-Judydramawithsomeprivatehome-madepuppets.Herewasoneoddity.Anotherwas,thatinhouseswherehegotfriendly,hewasgiventostretchhimselfatfulllengthontherugwhilehetalked,andwasapttobediscoveredinthisattitudebyoccasionalcallersforwhomsuchanirregularitywaslikelytoconfirmthenotionsofhisdangerouslymixedbloodandgenerallaxity.

           ButWill’sarticlesandspeechesnaturallyrecommendedhiminfamilieswhichthenewstrictnessofpartydivisionhadmarkedoffonthesideofReform.HewasinvitedtoMr.Bulstrode’s;butherehecouldnotliedownontherug,andMrs.BulstrodefeltthathismodeoftalkingaboutCatholiccountries,asiftherewereanytrucewithAntichrist,illustratedtheusualtendencytounsoundnessinintellectualmen.

           AtMr.Farebrother’s,however,whomtheironyofeventshadbroughtonthesamesidewithBulstrodeinthenationalmovement,Willbecameafavoritewiththeladies;especiallywithlittleMissNoble,whomitwasoneofhisodditiestoescortwhenhemetherinthestreetwithherlittlebasket,givingherhisarmintheeyesofthetown,andinsistingongoingwithhertopaysomecallwhereshedistributedhersmallfilchingsfromherownshareofsweetthings.

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