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Chapter 14

           Standingallaloneinthemidstofthebusinessandbustleofthestreet,thehouselookedapictureofcolddesolation;andKit,whorememberedthecheerfulfirethatusedtoburnthereonawinter’snightandthenolesscheerfullaughthatmadethesmallroomring,turnedquitemournfullyaway.

           ItmustbeespeciallyobservedinjusticetopoorKitthathewasbynomeansofasentimentalturn,andperhapshadneverheardthatadjectiveinallhislife.Hewasonlyasoft-heartedgratefulfellow,andhadnothinggenteelorpoliteabouthim;consequently,insteadofgoinghomeagain,inhisgrief,tokickthechildrenandabusehismother(for,whenyourfinelystrungpeopleareoutofsorts,theymusthaveeverybodyelseunhappylikewise),heturnedhisthoughtstothevulgarexpedientofmakingthemmorecomfortableifhecould.

           Blessus,whatanumberofgentlemenonhorsebacktherewereridingupanddown,andhowfewofthemwantedtheirhorsesheld!Agoodcityspeculatororaparliamentarycommissionercouldhavetoldtoafraction,fromthecrowdsthatwerecanteringabout,whatsumofmoneywasrealisedinLondon,inthecourseofayear,byholdinghorsesalone.Andundoubtedlyitwouldhavebeenaverylargeone,ifonlyatwentiethpartofthegentlemenwithoutgroomshadhadoccasiontoalight;buttheyhadnot;anditisoftenanill-naturedcircumstancelikethis,whichspoilsthemostingeniousestimateintheworld.

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