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           AtlastanappointmentwasmadeforhimtoseetheLordChancelloragaininhisprivateroom,andtheretheLordChancellorveryseriouslyreprovedhimfortriflingwithtimeandnotknowinghismind"aprettygoodjoke,Ithink,"saidRichard,"fromthatquarter!"andatlastitwassettledthathisapplicationshouldbegranted.HisnamewasenteredattheHorseGuardsasanapplicantforanensign’scommission;thepurchase-moneywasdepositedatanagent’s;andRichard,inhisusualcharacteristicway,plungedintoaviolentcourseofmilitarystudyandgotupatfiveo’clockeverymorningtopractisethebroadswordexercise.Thus,vacationsucceededterm,andtermsucceededvacation.WesometimesheardofJarndyceandJarndyceasbeinginthepaperoroutofthepaper,orasbeingtobementioned,orasbeingtobespokento;anditcameon,anditwentoff.Richard,whowasnowinaprofessor’shouseinLondon,wasabletobewithuslessfrequentlythanbefore;myguardianstillmaintainedthesamereserve;andsotimepasseduntilthecommissionwasobtainedandRichardreceiveddirectionswithittojoinaregimentinIreland.Hearrivedpost-hastewiththeintelligenceoneevening,andhadalongconferencewithmyguardian.UpwardsofanhourelapsedbeforemyguardianputhisheadintotheroomwhereAdaandIweresittingandsaid,"Comein,mydears!"WewentinandfoundRichard,whomwehadlastseeninhighspirits,leaningonthechimney-piecelookingmortifiedandangry."RickandI,Ada,"saidMr.Jarndyce,"arenotquiteofonemind.

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