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Chapter 56

           ‘Nowyoungman,don’tyouhearyou’retogoup-stairs?Areyoudeaf?’

           Kitdidnotappeartothinkitworthhiswhiletoenterintoanyaltercation,buthurriedoffandlefttheGloriousApollosgazingateachotherinsilence.

           ‘Didn’tItellyouso?’saidMrChuckster.‘Whatdoyouthinkofthat?’

           MrSwivellerbeinginthemainagood-naturedfellow,andnotperceivingintheconductofKitanyvillanyofenormousmagnitude,scarcelyknewwhatanswertoreturn.Hewasrelievedfromhisperplexity,however,bytheentranceofMrSampsonandhissister,Sally,atsightofwhomMrChucksterprecipitatelyretired.

           MrBrassandhislovelycompanionappearedtohavebeenholdingaconsultationovertheirtemperatebreakfast,uponsomematterofgreatinterestandimportance.Ontheoccasionofsuchconferences,theygenerallyappearedintheofficesomehalfanhouraftertheirusualtime,andinaverysmilingstate,asthoughtheirlateplotsanddesignshadtranquillisedtheirmindsandshedalightupontheirtoilsomeway.Inthepresentinstance,theyseemedparticularlygay;MissSally’saspectbeingofamostoilykind,andMrBrassrubbinghishandsinanexceedinglyjocoseandlight-heartedmanner.

           ’Well,MrRichard,’saidBrass.‘Howarewethismorning?Areweprettyfreshandcheerfulsireh,MrRichard?’

           ‘Prettywell,sir,’repliedDick.

           ‘That’swell,’saidBrass.‘Haha!Weshouldbeasgayaslarks,MrRichardwhynot?It’sapleasantworldweliveinsir,averypleasantworld.

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