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Chapter 28. Nobody’s Disappearance

           Severalprojectors,likewise,availedthemselvesofthesameopportunitytocorrespondwithMrMeagles;as,forexample,toapprisehimthattheirattentionhavingbeencalledtotheadvertisementbyafriend,theybeggedtostatethatiftheyshouldeverhearanythingoftheyoungperson,theywouldnotfailtomakeitknowntohimimmediately,andthatinthemeantimeifhewouldobligethemwiththefundsnecessaryforbringingtoperfectionacertainentirelynoveldescriptionofPump,thehappiestresultswouldensuetomankind.

           MrMeaglesandhisfamily,underthesecombineddiscouragements,hadbegunreluctantlytogiveupTattycoramasirrecoverable,whenthenewandactivefirmofDoyceandClennam,intheirprivatecapacities,wentdownonaSaturdaytostayatthecottageuntilMonday.Theseniorpartnertookthecoach,andthejuniorpartnertookhiswalking-stick.

           Atranquilsummersunsetshoneuponhimasheapproachedtheendofhiswalk,andpassedthroughthemeadowsbytheriverside.Hehadthatsenseofpeace,andofbeinglightenedofaweightofcare,whichcountryquietawakensinthebreastsofdwellersintowns.Everythingwithinhisviewwaslovelyandplacid.Therichfoliageofthetrees,theluxuriantgrassdiversifiedwithwildflowers,thelittlegreenislandsintheriver,thebedsofrushes,thewater-liliesfloatingonthesurfaceofthestream,thedistantvoicesinboatsbornemusicallytowardshimontherippleofthewaterandtheeveningair,wereallexpressiveofrest.

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