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Murdering the Innocents

           Thus(andmuchmore)Bitzer.

           ‘Nowgirlnumbertwenty,’saidMr.Gradgrind.‘Youknowwhatahorseis.’

           Shecurtseyedagain,andwouldhaveblusheddeeper,ifshecouldhaveblusheddeeperthanshehadblushedallthistime.Bitzer,afterrapidlyblinkingatThomasGradgrindwithbotheyesatonce,andsocatchingthelightuponhisquiveringendsoflashesthattheylookedliketheantennæofbusyinsects,puthisknucklestohisfreckledforehead,andsatdownagain.

           Thethirdgentlemannowsteppedforth.Amightymanatcuttinganddrying,hewas;agovernmentofficer;inhisway(andinmostotherpeople’stoo),aprofessedpugilist;alwaysintraining,alwayswithasystemtoforcedownthegeneralthroatlikeabolus,alwaystobeheardofatthebarofhislittlePublic-office,readytofightallEngland.Tocontinueinfisticphraseology,hehadageniusforcominguptothescratch,whereverandwhateveritwas,andprovinghimselfanuglycustomer.Hewouldgoinanddamageanysubjectwhateverwithhisright,followupwithhisleft,stop,exchange,counter,borehisopponent(healwaysfoughtAllEngland)totheropes,andfalluponhimneatly.Hewascertaintoknockthewindoutofcommonsense,andrenderthatunluckyadversarydeaftothecalloftime.Andhehaditinchargefromhighauthoritytobringaboutthegreatpublic-officeMillennium,whenCommissionersshouldreignuponearth.

           ‘Verywell,’saidthisgentleman,brisklysmiling,andfoldinghisarms.‘That’sahorse.

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