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A Cynical Chapter

           Hewasingreatspiritsthatnight,anddrankwithhisfriendandbutleranextraordinaryquantityofrum-and-waterataverylatehourthefaithfulfriendanddomesticconductedhismastertohisbedroom.

           Halfanhourafterwardstherewasagreathurryandbustleinthehouse.LightswentaboutfromwindowtowindowinthelonelydesolateoldHall,whereofbuttwoorthreeroomswereordinarilyoccupiedbyitsowner.Presently,aboyonaponywentgallopingofftoMudbury,totheDoctor’shousethere.Andinanotherhour(bywhichfactweascertainhowcarefullytheexcellentMrs.ButeCrawleyhadalwayskeptupanunderstandingwiththegreathouse),thatladyinherclogsandcalash,theReverendButeCrawley,andJamesCrawley,herson,hadwalkedoverfromtheRectorythroughthepark,andhadenteredthemansionbytheopenhall-door.

           Theypassedthroughthehallandthesmalloakparlour,onthetableofwhichstoodthethreetumblersandtheemptyrum-bottlewhichhadservedforSirPitt’scarouse,andthroughthatapartmentintoSirPitt’sstudy,wheretheyfoundMissHorrocks,oftheguiltyribbons,withawildair,tryingatthepressesandescritoireswithabunchofkeys.Shedroppedthemwithascreamofterror,aslittleMrs.Bute’seyesflashedoutatherfromunderherblackcalash.

           "Lookatthat,JamesandMr.Crawley,"criedMrs.Bute,pointingatthescaredfigureoftheblack-eyed,guiltywench.

           "Hegave’emme;hegave’emme!"shecried.

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