Chapter 17

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠During the course of that Christmas night, there was one member of the Sequin household who failed to thrill with the holiday spirit, and whose depression steadily increased as the evening wore on. The great occasion of which Uncle Jimpson had dreamed all his life, had at last arisen, and instead of being allowed to rise with it, and prove his indisputable right to butlerhood, he had been detailed