Chapter 56

           

           AdayortwoaftertheQuilptea-partyattheWilderness,MrSwivellerwalkedintoSampsonBrass’sofficeattheusualhour,andbeingaloneinthatTempleofProbity,placedhishatuponthedesk,andtakingfromhispocketasmallparcelofblackcrape,appliedhimselftofoldingandpinningthesameuponit,afterthemannerofahatband.Havingcompletedtheconstructionofthisappendage,hesurveyedhisworkwithgreatcomplacency,andputhishatonagainverymuchoveroneeye,toincreasethemournfulnessoftheeffect.Thesearrangementsperfectedtohisentiresatisfaction,hethrusthishandsintohispockets,andwalkedupanddowntheofficewithmeasuredsteps.

           ‘Ithasalwaysbeenthesamewithme,’saidMrSwiveller,‘always.‘Twaseverthusfromchildhood’shourI’veseenmyfondesthopesdecay,Ineverlovedatreeorflowerbut‘twasthefirsttofadeaway;InevernursedadearGazelle,togladmewithitssoftblackeye,butwhenitcametoknowmewell,andloveme,itwassuretomarryamarket-gardener.’

           Overpoweredbythesereflections,MrSwivellerstoppedshortattheclients’chair,andflunghimselfintoitsopenarms.

           ‘Andthis,’saidMrSwiveller,withakindofbanteringcomposure,‘islife,Ibelieve.Oh,certainly.Whynot!I’mquitesatisfied.

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