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Chapter 32. Going

           Ontheprecedingoccasion,oneortwooftheBleedingHeartYardershadobsequiouslypickeditupandhandedittoitsowner;butMrPanckshadnowsofarimpressedhisaudience,thatthePatriarchhadtoturnandstoopforithimself.

           Quickaslightning,MrPancks,who,forsomemoments,hadhadhisrighthandinhiscoatpocket,whippedoutapairofshears,swoopeduponthePatriarchbehind,andsnippedoffshortthesacredlocksthatfloweduponhisshoulders.Inaparoxysmofanimosityandrapidity,MrPancksthencaughtthebroad-brimmedhatoutoftheastoundedPatriarch’shand,cutitdownintoamerestewpan,andfixeditonthePatriarch’shead.

           Beforethefrightfulresultsofthisdesperateaction,MrPanckshimselfrecoiledinconsternation.Abare-polled,goggle-eyed,big-headedlumberingpersonagestoodstaringathim,notintheleastimpressive,notintheleastvenerable,whoseemedtohavestartedoutoftheearthtoaskwhatwasbecomeofCasby.Afterstaringatthisphantominreturn,insilentawe,MrPancksthrewdownhisshears,andfledforaplaceofhiding,wherehemightlieshelteredfromtheconsequencesofhiscrime.MrPancksdeemeditprudenttouseallpossibledespatchinmakingoff,thoughhewaspursuedbynothingbutthesoundoflaughterinBleedingHeartYard,ripplingthroughtheairandmakingitringagain.

           

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