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Chapter 20

           

           ‘Marriedagaineh?’

           Kitmadeanswer,notwithoutsomeindignation,thatshewasawidowwiththreechildren,andthatastohermarryingagain,ifthegentlemanknewherhewouldn’tthinkofsuchathing.AtthisreplyMrWitherdenburiedhisnoseintheflowersagain,andwhisperedbehindthenosegaytotheoldgentlemanthathebelievedtheladwasashonestaladasneedbe.

           ‘Now,’saidMrGarlandwhentheyhadmadesomefurtherinquiriesofhim,‘Iamnotgoingtogiveyouanything

           ‘Thankyou,sir,’Kitreplied;andquiteseriouslytoo,forthisannouncementseemedtofreehimfromthesuspicionwhichtheNotaryhadhinted.

           But,’resumedtheoldgentleman,‘perhapsImaywanttoknowsomethingmoreaboutyou,sotellmewhereyoulive,andI’llputitdowninmypocket-book.’

           Kittoldhim,andtheoldgentlemanwrotedowntheaddresswithhispencil.Hehadscarcelydoneso,whentherewasagreatuproarinthestreet,andtheoldladyhurryingtothewindowcriedthatWhiskerhadrunaway,uponwhichKitdartedouttotherescue,andtheothersfollowed.

           ItseemedthatMrChucksterhadbeenstandingwithhishandsinhispocketslookingcarelesslyatthepony,andoccasionallyinsultinghimwithsuchadmonitionsas‘Standstill,’‘Bequiet,’‘Woa-a-a,’andthelike,whichbyaponyofspiritcannotbeborne

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