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           No,byGeorge!Idon’tforgetthatIamJosiahBounderbyofCoketown.Foryearsuponyears,theonlypicturesinmypossession,orthatIcouldhavegotintomypossession,byanymeans,unlessIstole’em,weretheengravingsofamanshavinghimselfinaboot,ontheblackingbottlesthatIwasoverjoyedtouseincleaningbootswith,andthatIsoldwhentheywereemptyforafarthinga-piece,andgladtogetit!’

           ThenhewouldaddressMr.Harthouseinthesamestyle.

           ‘Harthouse,youhaveacoupleofhorsesdownhere.Bringhalfadozenmoreifyoulike,andwe’llfindroomfor’em.There’sstablinginthisplaceforadozenhorses;andunlessNickitsisbelied,hekeptthefullnumber.Arounddozenof’em,sir.Whenthatmanwasaboy,hewenttoWestminsterSchool.WenttoWestminsterSchoolasaKing’sScholar,whenIwasprincipallylivingongarbage,andsleepinginmarketbaskets.Why,ifIwantedtokeepadozenhorseswhichIdon’t,forone’senoughformeIcouldn’tbeartosee’emintheirstallshere,andthinkwhatmyownlodgingusedtobe.Icouldn’tlookat’em,sir,andnotorder’emout.Yetsothingscomeround.Youseethisplace;youknowwhatsortofaplaceitis;youareawarethatthere’snotacompleterplaceofitssizeinthiskingdomorelsewhereIdon’tcarewhereandhere,gotintothemiddleofit,likeamaggotintoanut,isJosiahBounderby.

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