Chapter 38

           

           Kit—forithappensatthisjuncture,notonlythatwehavebreathingtimetofollowhisfortunes,butthatthenecessitiesoftheseadventuressoadaptthemselvestooureaseandinclinationastocalluponusimperativelytopursuethetrackwemostdesiretotake—Kit,whilethematterstreatedofinthelastfifteenchapterswereyetinprogress,was,asthereadermaysuppose,graduallyfamiliarisinghimselfmoreandmorewithMrandMrsGarland,MrAbel,thepony,andBarbara,andgraduallycomingtoconsiderthemoneandallashisparticularprivatefriends,andAbelCottage,Finchley,ashisownproperhome.

           Stay—thewordsarewritten,andmaygo,butiftheyconveyanynotionthatKit,intheplentifulboardandcomfortablelodgingofhisnewabode,begantothinkslightinglyofthepoorfareandfurnitureofhisolddwelling,theydotheirofficebadlyandcommitinjustice.Whosomindfulofthoseheleftathome—albeittheywerebutamotherandtwoyoungbabies—asKit?Whatboastfulfatherinthefulnessofhishearteverrelatedsuchwondersofhisinfantprodigy,asKitneverweariedoftellingBarbaraintheeveningtime,concerninglittleJacob?WasthereeversuchamotherasKit’smother,onherson’sshowing;orwasthereeversuchcomfortinpovertyasinthepovertyofKit’sfamily,ifanycorrectjudgmentmightbearrivedat,fromhisownglowingaccount!

           Andletmelingerinthisplace,foraninstant,toremarkthatifeverhouseholdaffectionsandlovesaregracefulthings,theyaregracefulinthepoor.

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