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In which the Question of the Brewery is Settled
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During the day or two immediately subsequent to the election, Mr Tappitt found himself to be rather downhearted. The excitement of the contest was over. He was no longer buoyed2 up by the consoling and almost triumphant3 assurances of success for himself against his enemy Rowan, which had been administered to him by those with whom he had been acting4 on behalf of Mr Hart. He was alone and thoughtful in his counting-house, or else subjected to the pressure of his wife’s arguments in his private dwelling5. He had never yet been won over to say that he would agree to any proposition, but he knew that he must now form some decision. Rowan would not even wait till the lawsuit6 should be decided7 by legal means. If Mr Tappitt would not consent to one of the three propositions made to him, Rowan would at once commence the building of his new brewery8. “He is that sort of man,” said Honyman, “that if he puts a brick down nothing in the world will prevent him from going on.”
“Of course it won’t,” said Mrs Tappitt. “Oh dear, oh dear, T.! if you go on in this way we shall all be ruined; and then people will say that it was my fault, and that I ought to have had you inquired into about your senses.”
Tappitt gnashed his teeth and rushed out of the dining-room back into his brewery. Among all those who were around him there was not one to befriend him. Even Worts had turned against him, and had received notice to go with a stern satisfaction which Tappitt had perfectly10 understood.
Tappitt was in this frame of mind, and was seated on his office stool, with his hat over his eyes, when he was informed by one of the boys about the place that a deputation from the town had come to wait upon him — so he pulled off his hat, and begged that the deputation might be shown into the counting-house. The deputation consisted of three tradesmen who were desirous of
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