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Fading Away

           

           ‘Thou’ltwritetome,andtellmeallthathappens,Stephen?’

           ‘Yes.WhatcanIsaynow,butHeavenbewi’thee,Heavenblessthee,Heaventhanktheeandrewardthee!’

           ‘Mayitblessthee,Stephen,too,inallthywanderings,andsendtheepeaceandrestatlast!’

           ‘Itowdthee,mydear,’saidStephenBlackpool‘thatnightthatIwouldneverseeorthinko’onnythingthatangeredme,butthou,somuchbetterthanme,should’stbebesideit.Thou’rtbesideitnow.Thoumak’stmeseeitwi’abettereye.Blessthee.Goodnight.Good-bye!’

           Itwasbutahurriedpartinginacommonstreet,yetitwasasacredremembrancetothesetwocommonpeople.Utilitarianeconomists,skeletonsofschoolmasters,CommissionersofFact,genteelandused-upinfidels,gabblersofmanylittledog’s-earedcreeds,thepooryouwillhavealwayswithyou.Cultivateinthem,whilethereisyettime,theutmostgracesofthefanciesandaffections,toadorntheirlivessomuchinneedofornament;or,inthedayofyourtriumph,whenromanceisutterlydrivenoutoftheirsouls,andtheyandabareexistencestandfacetoface,Realitywilltakeawolfishturn,andmakeanendofyou.

           Stephenworkedthenextday,andthenext,uncheeredbyawordfromanyone,andshunnedinallhiscomingsandgoingsasbefore.Attheendofthesecondday,hesawland;attheendofthethird,hisloomstoodempty.

           HehadoverstayedhishourinthestreetoutsidetheBank,oneachofthetwofirstevenings;andnothinghadhappenedthere,goodorbad.

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