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Chapter 58

           

           Whentheyhadseverallyremainedinthisconditionforsomeminutes,MissSallyallatoncegavealoudrapuponthedeskwithherclenchedfist,andcried,‘I’vehitit!’asindeedshehad,andchippedapieceoutofittoo;butthatwasnothermeaning.

           ‘Well,’criedBrassanxiously.‘Goon,willyou!’

           ‘Why,’repliedhissisterwithanairoftriumph,‘hasn’ttherebeensomebodyalwayscominginandoutofthisofficeforthelastthreeorfourweeks;hasn’tthatsomebodybeenleftaloneinitsometimesthankstoyou;anddoyoumeantotellmethatthatsomebodyisn’tthethief!’

           ‘Whatsomebody?’blusteredBrass.

           ‘Why,whatdoyoucallhimKit.’

           ‘MrGarland’syoungman?’

           ‘Tobesure.’

           ‘Never!’criedBrass.‘Never.I’llnothearofit.Don’ttellme’saidSampson,shakinghishead,andworkingwithbothhishandsasifhewereclearingawaytenthousandcobwebs.‘I’llneverbelieveitofhim.Never!’

           ‘Isay,’repeatedMissBrass,takinganotherpinchofsnuff,‘thathe’sthethief.’

           ‘Isay,’returnedSampsonviolently,‘thatheisnot.Whatdoyoumean?Howdareyou?Arecharacterstobewhisperedawaylikethis?Doyouknowthathe’sthehonestestandfaithfullestfellowthateverlived,andthathehasanirreproachablegoodname?Comein,comein!’

           TheselastwordswerenotaddressedtoMissSally,thoughtheypartookofthetoneinwhichtheindignantremonstrancesthatprecededthemhadbeenuttered

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