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Chapter 60

           Alas!Everythingwastoorealandfamiliar:thesamesuccessionofturnings,thesamehouses,thesamestreamsofpeoplerunningsidebysideindifferentdirectionsuponthepavement,thesamebustleofcartsandcarriagesintheroad,thesamewell-rememberedobjectsintheshopwindows:aregularityintheverynoiseandhurrywhichnodreamevermirrored.Dream-likeasthestorywas,itwastrue.Hestoodchargedwithrobbery;thenotehadbeenfounduponhim,thoughhewasinnocentinthoughtanddeed;andtheywerecarryinghimback,aprisoner.

           Absorbedinthesepainfulruminations,thinkingwithadroopingheartofhismotherandlittleJacob,feelingasthougheventheconsciousnessofinnocencewouldbeinsufficienttosupporthiminthepresenceofhisfriendsiftheybelievedhimguilty,andsinkinginhopeandcouragemoreandmoreastheydrewnearertothenotary’s,poorKitwaslookingearnestlyoutofthewindow,observantofnothing,whenallatonce,asthoughithadbeenconjuredupbymagic,hebecameawareofthefaceofQuilp.

           Andwhataleertherewasupontheface!Itwasfromtheopenwindowofatavernthatitlookedout;andthedwarfhadsospreadhimselfoverit,withhiselbowsonthewindow-sillandhisheadrestingonbothhishands,thatwhatbetweenthisattitudeandhisbeingswolnwithsuppressedlaughter,helookedpuffedandbloatedintotwicehisusualbreadth.MrBrass,onrecognisinghim,immediatelystoppedthecoach.Asitcametoahaltdirectlyoppositetowherehestood,thedwarfpulledoffhishat,andsalutedthepartywithahideousandgrotesquepoliteness.

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