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There is such a thing as compensation , and the very coarseness of which you have now and again complained made most for the rescue of Mr. Harley at this crisis . By dint of that valuable coarseness , Mr. Harley , discovering that he could trust his eyes , -- he at one time doubted those visual organs , -- recovered such strength , not to say composure , that he ordered up a quart of burgundy and drank it by the goblet . Under this wise treatment , and with the reassuring shares in his clutch , Mr. Harley became a new man . The first evidence of this newness given to the world was when at eight o'clock Mr. Harley , faultlessly caparisoned and in full evening dress , descended upon Mrs. Hanway-Harley and Dorothy . The ladies were together in the back drawing-room as the restored Mr. Harley , with brow of Jove and warlike eye , strode into their startled midst . Establishing himself in mighty state before the fireplace , rear to the blaze , he gazed with fondness , but as though from towering altitudes , on Dorothy . `` Come and kiss me , child ! ''