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Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

           ButhewasobligedtoanswerNo;andhesawashadeofdisappointmentonherface,asshecheckedasigh,andlookedatthelowfire.Thenhesaw,also,thatMrsPlornishwasayoungwoman,madesomewhatslatternlyinherselfandherbelongingsbypoverty;andsodraggedatbypovertyandthechildrentogether,thattheirunitedforceshadalreadydraggedherfaceintowrinkles.

           ‘Allsuchthingsasjobs,’saidMrsPlornish,‘seemstometohavegoneunderground,theydoindeed.’(HereinMrsPlornishlimitedherremarktotheplasteringtrade,andspokewithoutreferencetotheCircumlocutionOfficeandtheBarnacleFamily.)

           ‘Isitsodifficulttogetwork?’askedArthurClennam.

           ‘Plornishfindsitso,’shereturned.‘Heisquiteunfortunate.Reallyheis.’

           Reallyhewas.Hewasoneofthosemanywayfarersontheroadoflife,whoseemtobeafflictedwithsupernaturalcorns,renderingitimpossibleforthemtokeepupevenwiththeirlamecompetitors.Awilling,working,softhearted,nothard-headedfellow,Plornishtookhisfortuneassmoothlyascouldbeexpected;butitwasaroughone.Itsorarelyhappenedthatanybodyseemedtowanthim,itwassuchanexceptionalcasewhenhispowerswereinanyrequest,thathismistymindcouldnotmakeouthowithappened.Hetookitasitcame,therefore;hetumbledintoallkindsofdifficulties,andtumbledoutofthem;and,bytumblingthroughlife,gothimselfconsiderablybruised.

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