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           ‘Now,ifoldLobbshadentertainedthemostremoteordistantideaofthestateoftheaffectionsofNathanielPipkin,hewouldjusthaverazedtheschool-roomtotheground,orexterminateditsmasterfromthesurfaceoftheearth,orcommittedsomeotheroutrageandatrocityofanequallyferociousandviolentdescription;forhewasaterribleoldfellow,wasLobbs,whenhispridewasinjured,orhisbloodwasup.Swear!Suchtrainsofoathswouldcomerollingandpealingovertheway,sometimes,whenhewasdenouncingtheidlenessofthebonyapprenticewiththethinlegs,thatNathanielPipkinwouldshakeinhisshoeswithhorror,andthehairofthepupils’headswouldstandonendwithfright.

           ‘Well!Dayafterday,whenschoolwasover,andthepupilsgone,didNathanielPipkinsithimselfdownatthefrontwindow,and,whilehefeignedtobereadingabook,throwsidelongglancesoverthewayinsearchofthebrighteyesofMariaLobbs;andhehadn’tsattheremanydays,beforethebrighteyesappearedatanupperwindow,apparentlydeeplyengagedinreadingtoo.Thiswasdelightful,andgladdeningtotheheartofNathanielPipkin.Itwassomethingtositthereforhourstogether,andlookuponthatprettyfacewhentheeyeswerecastdown;butwhenMariaLobbsbegantoraisehereyesfromherbook,anddarttheirraysinthedirectionofNathanielPipkin,hisdelightandadmirationwereperfectlyboundless.

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