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Chapter 66

           Attheendoftheirconsultation,whichwasverybrief,theNotarypointedtothewritingmaterialsonthetable,andinformedMrBrassthatifhewishedtomakeanystatementinwriting,hehadtheopportunityofdoingso.Atthesametimehefeltboundtotellhimthattheywouldrequirehisattendance,presently,beforeajusticeofthepeace,andthatinwhathedidorsaid,hewasguidedentirelybyhisowndiscretion.

           ‘Gentlemen,’saidBrass,drawingoffhisglove,andcrawlinginspirituponthegroundbeforethem,‘IwilljustifythetendernesswithwhichIknowIshallbetreated;andas,withouttenderness,Ishould,nowthatthisdiscoveryhasbeenmade,standintheworstpositionofthethree,youmaydependuponitIwillmakeacleanbreast.MrWitherden,sir,akindoffaintnessisuponmyspiritsifyouwoulddomethefavourtoringthebellandorderupaglassofsomethingwarmandspicy,Ishall,notwithstandingwhathaspassed,haveamelancholypleasureindrinkingyourgoodhealth.Ihadhoped,’saidBrass,lookingroundwithamournfulsmile,‘tohaveseenyouthreegentlemen,onedayoranother,withyourlegsunderthemahoganyinmyhumbleparlourintheMarks.Buthopesarefleeting.Dearme!’

           MrBrassfoundhimselfsoexceedinglyaffected,atthispoint,thathecouldsayordonothingmoreuntilsomerefreshmentarrived.Havingpartakenofit,prettyfreelyforoneinhisagitatedstate,hesatdowntowrite.

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