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Chapter 68

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           Kitfalteredoutsuchquestionsas,wherewasit,andhowhaditbeenfound,andhowlongsince,andwasshewellandhappy?

           ‘Happysheis,beyondalldoubt,’saidMrGarland.‘Andwell,I—Itrustshewillbesoon.Shehasbeenweakandailing,asIlearn,butshewasbetterwhenIheardthismorning,andtheywerefullofhope.Sityoudown,andyoushallheartherest.’

           Scarcelyventuringtodrawhisbreath,Kitdidashewastold.MrGarlandthenrelatedtohim,howhehadabrother(ofwhomhewouldremembertohaveheardhimspeak,andwhosepicture,takenwhenhewasayoungman,hunginthebestroom),andhowthisbrotherlivedalongwayoff,inacountry-place,withanoldclergymanwhohadbeenhisearlyfriend.How,althoughtheylovedeachotherasbrothersshould,theyhadnotmetformanyyears,buthadcommunicatedbyletterfromtimetotime,alwayslookingforwardtosomeperiodwhentheywouldtakeeachotherbythehandoncemore,andstilllettingthePresenttimestealon,asitwasthehabitformentodo,andsufferingtheFuturetomeltintothePast.Howthisbrother,whosetemperwasverymildandquietandretiring—suchasMrAbel’s—wasgreatlybelovedbythesimplepeopleamongwhomhedwelt,whoquitereveredtheBachelor(forsotheycalledhim),andhadeveryoneexperiencedhischarityandbenevolence

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