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Chapter 47

           

           Nottoprotractthisportionofournarrative,andtomakeshortworkofalongstory,letitbebrieflywrittenthatbeforetheinterviewcametoaclose,thesinglegentlemandeemedhehadsufficientevidenceofhavingbeentoldthetruth,andthatheendeavouredtoforceuponthebrideandbridegroomanacknowledgmentoftheirkindnesstotheunfriendedchild,which,however,theysteadilydeclinedaccepting.Intheend,thehappycouplejoltedawayinthecaravantospendtheirhoneymooninacountryexcursion;andthesinglegentlemanandKit’smotherstoodruefullybeforetheircarriage-door.

           ‘Whereshallwedriveyou,sir?’saidthepost-boy.

           ‘Youmaydriveme,’saidthesinglegentleman,‘totheHewasnotgoingtoadd‘inn,’butheaddeditforthesakeofKit’smother;andtotheinntheywent.

           Rumourshadalreadygotabroadthatthelittlegirlwhousedtoshowthewax-work,wasthechildofgreatpeoplewhohadbeenstolenfromherparentsininfancy,andhadonlyjustbeentraced.Opinionwasdividedwhethershewasthedaughterofaprince,aduke,anearl,aviscount,orabaron,butallagreeduponthemainfact,andthatthesinglegentlemanwasherfather;andallbentforwardtocatchaglimpse,thoughitwereonlyofthetipofhisnoblenose,asherodeaway,desponding,inhisfour-horsechaise.

           Whatwouldhehavegiventoknow,andwhatsorrowwouldhavebeensavedifhehadonlyknown,thatatthatmomentbothchildandgrandfatherwereseatedintheoldchurchporch,patientlyawaitingtheschoolmaster’sreturn!

           

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