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Chapter 56

           

           Thus,theattorneyofBevisMarkssat,andwrote,andhummed,foralongtime,exceptwhenhestoppedtolistenwithaverycunningface,andhearingnothing,wentonhumminglouder,andwritingslowerthanever.Atlength,inoneofthesepauses,heheardhislodger’sdooropenedandshut,andfootstepscomingdownthestairs.Then,MrBrassleftoffwritingentirely,and,withhispeninhishand,hummedhisveryloudest;shakinghisheadmeanwhilefromsidetoside,likeamanwhosewholesoulwasinthemusic,andsmilinginamannerquiteseraphic.

           ItwastowardsthismovingspectaclethatthestaircaseandthesweetsoundsguidedKit;onwhosearrivalbeforehisdoor,MrBrassstoppedhissinging,butnothissmiling,andnoddedaffably:atthesametimebeckoningtohimwithhispen.

           ‘Kit,’saidMrBrass,inthepleasantestwayimaginable,‘howdoyoudo?’

           Kit,beingrathershyofhisfriend,madeasuitablereply,andhadhishanduponthelockofthestreetdoorwhenMrBrasscalledhimsoftlyback.

           ‘Youarenottogo,ifyouplease,Kit,’saidtheattorneyinamysteriousandyetbusiness-likeway.‘Youaretostepinhere,ifyouplease.Dearme,dearme!WhenIlookatyou,’saidthelawyer,quittinghisstool,andstandingbeforethefirewithhisbacktowardsit,‘Iamremindedofthesweetestlittlefacethatevermyeyesbeheld.Irememberyourcomingthere,twiceorthrice,whenwewereinpossession.

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