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No Way Out

           Itriedtoweanherfra’towerandoweragen.Itriedthis,Itriedthat,Itriedt’other.Iha’gonehome,many’sthetime,andfoundallvanishedasIhadintheworld,andherwithoutasenselefttoblessherselnlyingonbareground.Iha’dun’tnotonce,nottwicetwentytime!’

           Everylineinhisfacedeepenedashesaidit,andputinitsaffectingevidenceofthesufferinghehadundergone.

           ‘Frombadtoworse,fromworsetoworsen.Sheleftme.Shedisgracedherselneveryways,bitterandbad.Shecoomback,shecoomback,shecoomback.WhatcouldIdot’hinderher?Iha’walkedthestreetsnightslong,ereeverI’dgohome.Iha’gonet’th’brigg,mindedtoflingmyselnower,andha’nomoreon’t.Iha’borethatmuch,thatIwereowdwhenIwereyoung.’

           Mrs.Sparsit,easilyamblingalongwithhernetting-needles,raisedtheCoriolanianeyebrowsandshookherhead,asmuchastosay,‘Thegreatknowtroubleaswellasthesmall.PleasetoturnyourhumbleeyeinMydirection.’

           ‘Iha’paidhertokeepawa’fra’me.ThesefiveyearIha’paidher.Iha’gottendecentfewtrilsaboutmeagen.Iha’livedhardandsad,butnotashamedandfearfo’a’theminnitso’mylife.Lastnight,Iwenthome.Thereshelayuponmyhar-stone!Theresheis!’

           Inthestrengthofhismisfortune,andtheenergyofhisdistress,hefiredforthemomentlikeaproudman.Inanothermoment,hestoodashehadstoodallthetimehisusualstoopuponhim;hisponderingfaceaddressedtoMr.

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