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Chapter 40

           HealsoacquaintedthemwiththepreciseamountoftheincomeguaranteedbytheDukeofThigsberrytoViolettaStettaoftheItalianOpera,whichitappearedwaspayablequarterly,andnothalf-yearly,asthepublichadbeengiventounderstand,andwhichwasexclusive,andnotinclusive(ashadbeenmonstrouslystated,)ofjewellery,perfumery,hair-powderforfivefootmen,andtwodailychangesofkid-glovesforapage.Havingentreatedtheoldladyandgentlemantosettheirmindsatrestontheseabsorbingpoints,fortheymightrelyonhisstatementbeingthecorrectone,MrChucksterentertainedthemwiththeatricalchit-chatandthecourtcircular;andsowoundupabrilliantandfascinatingconversationwhichhehadmaintainedalone,andwithoutanyassistancewhatever,forupwardsofthree-quartersofanhour.

           ‘Andnowthatthenaghasgothiswindagain,’saidMrChucksterrisinginagracefulmanner,‘I’mafraidImustcutmystick.’

           NeitherMrnorMrsGarlandofferedanyoppositiontohistearinghimselfaway(feeling,nodoubt,thatsuchamancouldillbesparedfromhispropersphereofaction),andthereforeMrChucksterandKitwereshortlyafterwardsupontheirwaytotown;Kitbeingperchedupontheboxofthecabrioletbesidethedriver,andMrChucksterseatedinsolitarystateinside,withoneofhisbootsstickingoutateachofthefrontwindows.

           WhentheyreachedtheNotary’shouse,Kitfollowedintotheoffice,andwasdesiredbyMrAbeltositdownandwait,forthegentlemanwhowantedhimhadgoneout,andperhapsmightnotreturnforsometime.

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