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Chapter 68

           Hemighthavedoneitthrice,buttheponykickeduphisheelsandshookhishead,asifheweresuddenlytakenwithconvulsionsofdelight,andBarbarabeingfrightened,ranaway—notstraighttowherehermotherandKit’smotherwere,though,lesttheyshouldseehowredhercheekswere,andshouldaskherwhy.SlylittleBarbara!

           Whenthefirsttransportsofthewholepartyhadsubsided,andKitandhismother,andBarbaraandhermother,withlittleJacobandthebabytoboot,hadhadtheirsupperstogether—whichtherewasnohurryingover,fortheyweregoingtostopthereallnight—MrGarlandcalledKittohim,andtakinghimintoaroomwheretheycouldbealone,toldhimthathehadsomethingyettosay,whichwouldsurprisehimgreatly.Kitlookedsoanxiousandturnedsopaleonhearingthis,thattheoldgentlemanhastenedtoadd,hewouldbeagreeablysurprised;andaskedhimifhewouldbereadynextmorningforajourney.

           ‘Forajourney,sir!’criedKit.

           ‘Incompanywithmeandmyfriendinthenextroom.Canyouguessitspurpose?’

           Kitturnedpaleryet,andshookhishead.

           ‘Ohyes.Ithinkyoudoalready,’saidhismaster.‘Try.’

           Kitmurmuredsomethingratherramblingandunintelligible,butheplainlypronouncedthewords‘MissNell,’threeorfourtimes—shakinghisheadwhilehedidso,asifhewouldaddthattherewasnohopeofthat.

           ButMrGarland,insteadofsaying‘Tryagain,’asKithadmadesurehewould,toldhimveryseriously,thathehadguessedright.

           ‘Theplaceoftheirretreatisindeeddiscovered,’hesaid,‘atlast.Andthatisourjourney’send.

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