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           Bounderbyhadtakenpossessionofahouseandgrounds,aboutfifteenmilesfromthetown,andaccessiblewithinamileortwo,byarailwaystridingonmanyarchesoverawildcountry,underminedbydesertedcoal-shafts,andspottedatnightbyfiresandblackshapesofstationaryenginesatpits’mouths.Thiscountry,graduallysofteningtowardstheneighbourhoodofMr.Bounderby’sretreat,theremellowedintoarusticlandscape,goldenwithheath,andsnowywithhawthorninthespringoftheyear,andtremulouswithleavesandtheirshadowsallthesummertime.Thebankhadforeclosedamortgageeffectedonthepropertythuspleasantlysituated,byoneoftheCoketownmagnates,who,inhisdeterminationtomakeashortercutthanusualtoanenormousfortune,overspeculatedhimselfbyabouttwohundredthousandpounds.TheseaccidentsdidsometimeshappeninthebestregulatedfamiliesofCoketown,butthebankruptshadnoconnexionwhateverwiththeimprovidentclasses.

           ItaffordedMr.Bounderbysupremesatisfactiontoinstalhimselfinthissnuglittleestate,andwithdemonstrativehumilitytogrowcabbagesintheflower-garden.Hedelightedtolive,barrack-fashion,amongtheelegantfurniture,andhebulliedtheverypictureswithhisorigin.‘Why,sir,’hewouldsaytoavisitor,‘IamtoldthatNickits,’thelateowner,‘gavesevenhundredpoundforthatSeabeach.Now,tobeplainwithyou,ifIever,inthewholecourseofmylife,takesevenlooksatit,atahundredpoundalook,itwillbeasmuchasIshalldo.

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