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Chapter 14

           Iamabouttosignmyname,youobserve,atthefootofthearticleswhichMrChucksterwillwitness;andplacingmyfingeruponthisbluewaferwiththevandykedcorners,Iamconstrainedtoremarkinadistincttoneofvoicedon’tbealarmed,ma’am,itismerelyaformoflawthatIdeliverthis,asmyactanddeed.MrAbelwillplacehisnameagainsttheotherwafer,repeatingthesamecabalisticwords,andthebusinessisover.Hahaha!Youseehoweasilythesethingsaredone!’

           Therewasashortsilence,apparently,whileMrAbelwentthroughtheprescribedform,andthentheshakingofhandsandshufflingoffeetwererenewed,andshortlyafterwardstherewasaclinkingofwine-glassesandagreattalkativenessonthepartofeverybody.InaboutaquarterofanhourMrChuckster(withapenbehindhisearandhisfaceinflamedwithwine)appearedatthedoor,andcondescendingtoaddressKitbythejocoseappellationof‘YoungSnob,’informedhimthatthevisitorswerecomingout.

           Outtheycameforthwith;MrWitherden,whowasshort,chubby,fresh-coloured,brisk,andpompous,leadingtheoldladywithextremepoliteness,andthefatherandsonfollowingthem,arminarm.MrAbel,whohadaquaintold-fashionedairabouthim,lookednearlyofthesameageashisfather,andboreawonderfulresemblancetohiminfaceandfigure,thoughwantingsomethingofhisfull,round,cheerfulness,andsubstitutinginitsplaceatimidreserve.Inallotherrespects,intheneatnessofthedress,andevenintheclub-foot,heandtheoldgentlemanwerepreciselyalike.

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