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Chapter 49

           ‘Yourtaleisofthelongest,’observedMonks,movingrestlesslyinhischair.

           ‘Itisatruetaleofgriefandtrial,andsorrow,youngman,’returnedMr.Brownlow,‘andsuchtalesusuallyare;ifitwereoneofunmixedjoyandhappiness,itwouldbeverybrief.Atlengthoneofthoserichrelationstostrengthenwhoseinterestandimportanceyourfatherhadbeensacrificed,asothersareoften—itisnouncommoncase—died,andtorepairthemiseryhehadbeeninstrumentalinoccasioning,lefthimhispanaceaforallgriefs—Money.ItwasnecessarythatheshouldimmediatelyrepairtoRome,whitherthismanhadspedforhealth,andwherehehaddied,leavinghisaffairsingreatconfusion.Hewent;wasseizedwithmortalillnessthere;wasfollowed,themomenttheintelligencereachedParis,byyourmotherwhocarriedyouwithher;hediedthedayafterherarrival,leavingnowill—NOWILL—sothatthewholepropertyfelltoherandyou.’

           AtthispartoftherecitalMonksheldhisbreath,andlistenedwithafaceofintenseeagerness,thoughhiseyeswerenotdirectedtowardsthespeaker.AsMr.Brownlowpaused,hechangedhispositionwiththeairofonewhohasexperiencedasuddenrelief,andwipedhishotfaceandhands.

           ‘Beforehewentabroad,andashepassedthroughLondononhisway,’saidMr.Brownlow,slowly,andfixinghiseyesupontheother’sface,‘hecametome.’

           ‘Ineverheardofthat,’interruptedMOnksinatoneintendedtoappearincredulous,butsavouringmoreofdisagreeablesurprise.’

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