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Chapter 57

           TheoldgentlemanishelpedintothechaisewithgreatobsequiousnessbyMrSampsonBrass;andthepony,aftershakinghisheadseveraltimes,andstandingforthreeorfourminuteswithallhisfourlegsplantedfirmlyontheground,asifhehadmadeuphismindnevertostirfromthatspot,buttheretoliveanddie,suddenlydartsoff,withoutthesmallestnotice,attherateoftwelveEnglishmilesanhour.Then,MrBrassandhissister(whohasjoinedhimatthedoor)exchangeanoddkindofsmilenotatallapleasantoneinitsexpressionandreturntothesocietyofMrRichardSwiveller,who,duringtheirabsence,hasbeenregalinghimselfwithvariousfeatsofpantomime,andisdiscoveredathisdesk,inaveryflushedandheatedcondition,violentlyscratchingoutnothingwithhalfapenknife.

           WheneverKitcamealone,andwithoutthechaise,italwayshappenedthatSampsonBrasswasremindedofsomemission,callingMrSwiveller,ifnottoPeckhamRyeagain,atalleventstosomeprettydistantplacefromwhichhecouldnotbeexpectedtoreturnfortwoorthreehours,orinallprobabilityamuchlongerperiod,asthatgentlemanwasnot,tosaythetruth,renownedforusinggreatexpeditiononsuchoccasions,butratherforprotractingandspinningoutthetimetotheveryutmostlimitofpossibility.MrSwivelleroutofsight,MissSallyimmediatelywithdrew.MrBrasswouldthensettheoffice-doorwideopen,humhisoldtunewithgreatgaietyofheart,andsmileseraphicallyasbefore.

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