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Chapter 59

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           RichardSwiveller,holdingKit’shatinhishand,waswatchingtheproceedingswithgreatinterest,andboreuponhisfacetheslightestpossibleindicationofasmile,asBrass,shuttingoneofhiseyes,lookedwiththeotheruptheinsideofoneofthepoorfellow’ssleevesasifitwereatelescope—whenSampsonturninghastilytohim,badehimsearchthehat.

           ‘Here’sahandkerchief,’saidDick.

           ‘Noharminthatsir,’rejoinedBrass,applyinghiseyetotheothersleeve,andspeakinginthevoiceofonewhowascontemplatinganimmenseextentofprospect.‘NoharminahandkerchiefSir,whatever.Thefacultydon’tconsideritahealthycustom,Ibelieve,MrRichard,tocarryone’shandkerchiefinone’shat—Ihaveheardthatitkeepstheheadtoowarm—butineveryotherpointofview,itsbeingthere,isextremelysatisfactory—extremelyso.’

           Anexclamation,atoncefromRichardSwiveller,MissSally,andKithimself,cutthelawyershort.Heturnedhishead,andsawDickstandingwiththebank-noteinhishand.

           ‘Inthehat?’criedBrassinasortofshriek.

           ‘Underthehandkerchief,andtuckedbeneaththelining,’saidDick,aghastatthediscovery.

           MrBrasslookedathim,athissister,atthewalls,attheceiling,atthefloor—everywherebutatKit,whostoodquitestupefiedandmotionless

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