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Chapter 28. Nobody’s Disappearance

           

           Unwilling,evenunderthisdiscomfiture,toresigntheingrateandleaveherhopeless,incaseofherbetterdispositionsobtainingthemasteryoverthedarkersideofhercharacter,MrMeagles,forsixsuccessivedays,publishedadiscreetlycovertadvertisementinthemorningpapers,totheeffectthatifacertainyoungpersonwhohadlatelylefthomewithoutreflection,wouldatanytimeapplytohisaddressatTwickenham,everythingwouldbeasithadbeenbefore,andnoreproachesneedbeapprehended.TheunexpectedconsequencesofthisnotificationsuggestedtothedismayedMrMeaglesforthefirsttimethatsomehundredsofyoungpersonsmustbeleavingtheirhomeswithoutreflectioneveryday;forshoalsofwrongyoungpeoplecamedowntoTwickenham,who,notfindingthemselvesreceivedwithenthusiasm,generallydemandedcompensationbywayofdamages,inadditiontocoach-hirethereandback.Norwerethesetheonlyuninvitedclientswhomtheadvertisementproduced.Theswarmofbegging-letterwriters,whowouldseemtobealwayswatchingeagerlyforanyhook,howeversmall,tohangaletterupon,wrotetosaythathavingseentheadvertisement,theywereinducedtoapplywithconfidenceforvarioussums,rangingfromtenshillingstofiftypounds:notbecausetheyknewanythingabouttheyoungperson,butbecausetheyfeltthattopartwiththosedonationswouldgreatlyrelievetheadvertiser’smind.

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