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Chapter 38

           

           AlthoughKitwasintheveryhighestfavourwiththeoldladyandgentleman,andMrAbel,andBarbara,itiscertainthatnomemberofthefamilyevincedsucharemarkablepartialityforhimastheself-willedpony,who,frombeingthemostobstinateandopinionatedponyonthefaceoftheearth,was,inhishands,themeekestandmosttractableofanimals.ItistruethatinexactproportionashebecamemanageablebyKithebecameutterlyungovernablebyanybodyelse(asifhehaddeterminedtokeephiminthefamilyatallrisksandhazards),andthat,evenundertheguidanceofhisfavourite,hewouldsometimesperformagreatvarietyofstrangefreaksandcapers,totheextremediscomposureoftheoldlady’snerves;butasKitalwaysrepresentedthatthiswasonlyhisfun,orawayhehadofshowinghisattachmenttohisemployers,MrsGarlandgraduallysufferedherselftobepersuadedintothebelief,inwhichsheatlastbecamesostronglyconfirmed,thatif,inoneoftheseebullitions,hehadoverturnedthechaise,shewouldhavebeenquitesatisfiedthathediditwiththeverybestintentions.

           Besidesbecominginashorttimeaperfectmarvelinallstablematters,Kitsoonmadehimselfaverytolerablegardener,ahandyfellowwithindoors,andanindispensableattendantonMrAbel,whoeverydaygavehimsomenewproofofhisconfidenceandapprobation.

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