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Chapter 40

           ‘Whyisn’tshehere?Whyisthatwomanalwaysoutofthewaywhensheismostwanted?’

           Inaword,thesinglegentlemanwasburstingoutoftheoffice,bentuponlayingviolenthandsonKit’smother,forcingherintoapost-chaise,andcarryingheroff,whenthisnovelkindofabductionwaswithsomedifficultypreventedbythejointeffortsofMrAbelandtheNotary,whorestrainedhimbydintoftheirremonstrances,andpersuadedhimtosoundKitupontheprobabilityofherbeingableandwillingtoundertakesuchajourneyonsoshortanotice.

           ThisoccasionedsomedoubtsonthepartofKit,andsomeviolentdemonstrationsonthatofthesinglegentleman,andagreatmanysoothingspeechesonthatoftheNotaryandMrAbel.Theupshotofthebusinesswas,thatKit,afterweighingthematterinhismindandconsideringitcarefully,promised,onbehalfofhismother,thatsheshouldbereadywithintwohoursfromthattimetoundertaketheexpedition,andengagedtoproduceherinthatplace,inallrespectsequippedandpreparedforthejourney,beforethespecifiedperiodhadexpired.

           Havinggiventhispledge,whichwasratheraboldone,andnotparticularlyeasyofredemption,Kitlostnotimeinsallyingforth,andtakingmeasuresforitsimmediatefulfilment.

           

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