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VIII. A New Force Disturbs the Current

           Itwastheold-fashionedwheelednondescriptbelongingtothecaptain,andThomasinsatinitalone,drivenbyCharley.

           Thereddlemancameupastheyslowlyturnedthecorner.“Ibegpardonforstoppingyou,Mrs.Wildeve,”hesaid.“ButIhavesomethingtogiveyouprivatelyfromMrs.Yeobright.”Hehandedasmallparcel;itconsistedofthehundredguineashehadjustwon,roughlytwistedupinapieceofpaper.

           Thomasinrecoveredfromhersurprise,andtookthepacket.“That’sall,ma’am—Iwishyougoodnight,”hesaid,andvanishedfromherview.

           ThusVenn,inhisanxietytorectifymatters,hadplacedinThomasin’shandsnotonlythefiftyguineaswhichrightlybelongedtoher,butalsothefiftyintendedforhercousinClym.HismistakehadbeenbaseduponWildeve’swordsattheopeningofthegame,whenheindignantlydeniedthattheguineawasnothisown.Ithadnotbeencomprehendedbythereddlemanthatathalfwaythroughtheperformancethegamewascontinuedwiththemoneyofanotherperson;anditwasanerrorwhichafterwardshelpedtocausemoremisfortunethantreblethelossinmoneyvaluecouldhavedone.

           Thenightwasnowsomewhatadvanced;andVennplungeddeeperintotheheath,tillhecametoaravinewherehisvanwasstanding—aspotnotmorethantwohundredyardsfromthesiteofthegamblingbout.Heenteredthismovablehomeofhis,lithislantern,and,beforeclosinghisdoorforthenight,stoodreflectingonthecircumstancesoftheprecedinghours

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