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Sleary’s Horsemanship

           Tothpeakplaintoyou,myopinioniththatyouhadbettercutitthort,anddropit.They’reaverygoodnatur’dpeople,mypeople,butthey’reaccuthtomedtobequickintheirmovementh;andifyoudon’tactuponmyadvithe,I’mdamnedifIdon’tbelievethey’llpithyououto’winder.’

           Mr.Bounderbybeingrestrainedbythismildsuggestion,Mr.Gradgrindfoundanopeningforhiseminentlypracticalexpositionofthesubject.

           ‘Itisofnomoment,’saidhe,‘whetherthispersonistobeexpectedbackatanytime,orthecontrary.Heisgoneaway,andthereisnopresentexpectationofhisreturn.That,Ibelieve,isagreedonallhands.’

           ‘Thathagreed,Thquire.Thicktothat!’FromSleary.

           ‘Wellthen.I,whocameheretoinformthefatherofthepoorgirl,Jupe,thatshecouldnotbereceivedattheschoolanymore,inconsequenceoftherebeingpracticalobjections,intowhichIneednotenter,tothereceptionthereofthechildrenofpersonssoemployed,ampreparedinthesealteredcircumstancestomakeaproposal.Iamwillingtotakechargeofyou,Jupe,andtoeducateyou,andprovideforyou.Theonlycondition(overandaboveyourgoodbehaviour)Imakeis,thatyoudecidenow,atonce,whethertoaccompanymeorremainhere.Also,thatifyouaccompanymenow,itisunderstoodthatyoucommunicatenomorewithanyofyourfriendswhoareherepresent.Theseobservationscomprisethewholeofthecase.

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