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           Sparsitfightingoutadailyfightatthepointsofalltheweaponsinthefemalearmoury,withthegrudging,smarting,peevish,tormentingLadyScadgers,stilllaidupinbedwithhermysteriousleg,andgobblingherinsufficientincomedownbyaboutthemiddleofeveryquarter,inameanlittleairlesslodging,amereclosetforone,amerecribfortwo;butdidheseemore?DidhecatchanyglimpseofhimselfmakingashowofBitzertostrangers,astherisingyoungman,sodevotedtohismaster’sgreatmerits,whohadwonyoungTom’splace,andhadalmostcapturedyoungTomhimself,inthetimeswhenbyvariousrascalshewasspiritedaway?Didheseeanyfaintreflectionofhisownimagemakingavain-gloriouswill,wherebyfive-and-twentyHumbugs,pastfive-and-fiftyyearsofage,eachtakinguponhimselfthename,JosiahBounderbyofCoketown,shouldforeverdineinBounderbyHall,foreverlodgeinBounderbybuildings,foreverattendaBounderbychapel,forevergotosleepunderaBounderbychaplain,foreverbesupportedoutofaBounderbyestate,andforevernauseateallhealthystomachs,withavastamountofBounderbybalderdashandbluster?Hadheanyprescienceoftheday,fiveyearstocome,whenJosiahBounderbyofCoketownwastodieofafitintheCoketownstreet,andthissamepreciouswillwastobeginitslongcareerofquibble,plunder,falsepretences,vileexample,littleserviceandmuchlaw?Probablynot.Yettheportraitwastoseeitallout.

           HerewasMr.

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