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Chapter 61

           Nordidheremovehishandintoitsformerposture,butkeptitinthesamewarningattitudeuntilhehadfinishedtheparagraph,whenhepausedforafewseconds,withasmileuponhisface,aswhoshouldsay‘thiseditorisacomicalbladeafunnydog,’andthenaskedherwhatshewanted.

           ‘Ihavebroughthimalittlesomethingtoeat,’saidthegoodwoman.‘Ifyouplease,Sir,mighthehaveit?’

           ‘Yes,hemayhaveit.There’snoruleagainstthat.Giveittomewhenyougo,andI’lltakecarehehasit.’

           ‘No,butifyoupleasesirdon’tbeangrywithmesirIamhismother,andyouhadamotheronceifImightonlyseehimeatalittlebit,Ishouldgoaway,somuchmoresatisfiedthathewasallcomfortable.’

           AndagainthetearsofKit’smotherburstforth,andofBarbara’smother,andoflittleJacob.Astothebaby,itwascrowingandlaughingwithitsmightundertheidea,apparently,thatthewholescenehadbeeninventedandgotupforitsparticularsatisfaction.

           Theturnkeylookedasifhethoughttherequestastrangeoneandratheroutofthecommonway,butneverthelesshelaiddownhispaper,andcomingroundwhereKit’smotherstood,tookthebasketfromher,andafterinspectingitscontents,handedittoKit,andwentbacktohisplace.Itmaybeeasilyconceivedthattheprisonerhadnogreatappetite,buthesatdownontheground,andateashardashecould,while,ateverymorselheputintohismouth,hismothersobbedandweptafresh,thoughwithasoftenedgriefthatbespokethesatisfactionthesightaffordedher.

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