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Chapter 34

           For,wealwaysranintonewdebtimmediately,tothefullextentofthemargin,andsometimes,inthesenseoffreedomandsolvencyitimparted,gotprettyfaronintoanothermargin.

           Buttherewasacalm,arest,avirtuoushush,consequentontheseexaminationsofouraffairsthatgaveme,forthetime,anadmirableopinionofmyself.Soothedbymyexertions,mymethod,andHerbert’scompliments,Iwouldsitwithhissymmetricalbundleandmyownonthetablebeforemeamongthestationary,andfeellikeaBankofsomesort,ratherthanaprivateindividual.

           Weshutourouterdooronthesesolemnoccasions,inorderthatwemightnotbeinterrupted.Ihadfallenintomyserenestateoneevening,whenweheardaletterdroppedthroughtheslitinthesaiddoor,andfallontheground."It’sforyou,Handel,"saidHerbert,goingoutandcomingbackwithit,"andIhopethereisnothingthematter."Thiswasinallusiontoitsheavyblacksealandborder.

           TheletterwassignedTrabb&Co.,anditscontentsweresimply,thatIwasanhonoredsir,andthattheybeggedtoinformmethatMrs.J.GargeryhaddepartedthislifeonMondaylastattwentyminutespastsixintheevening,andthatmyattendancewasrequestedattheintermentonMondaynextatthreeo’clockintheafternoon.

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