Chapter 13. The Progress of an Epidemic

           

           Thatitisatleastasdifficulttostayamoralinfectionasaphysicalone;thatsuchadiseasewillspreadwiththemalignityandrapidityofthePlague;thatthecontagion,whenithasoncemadehead,willsparenopursuitorcondition,butwilllayholdonpeopleinthesoundesthealth,andbecomedevelopedinthemostunlikelyconstitutions:isafactasfirmlyestablishedbyexperienceasthatwehumancreaturesbreatheanatmosphere.Ablessingbeyondappreciationwouldbeconferreduponmankind,ifthetainted,inwhoseweaknessorwickednessthesevirulentdisordersarebred,couldbeinstantlyseizedandplacedincloseconfinement(nottosaysummarilysmothered)beforethepoisoniscommunicable.

           Asavastfirewillfilltheairtoagreatdistancewithitsroar,sothesacredflamewhichthemightyBarnacleshadfannedcausedtheairtoresoundmoreandmorewiththenameofMerdle.Itwasdepositedoneverylip,andcarriedintoeveryear.Thereneverwas,thereneverhadbeen,thereneveragainshouldbe,suchamanasMrMerdle.Nobody,asaforesaid,knewwhathehaddone;buteverybodyknewhimtobethegreatestthathadappeared.

           DowninBleedingHeartYard,wheretherewasnotoneunappropriatedhalfpenny,aslivelyaninterestwastakeninthisparagonofmenasontheStockExchange.MrsPlornish,nowestablishedinthesmallgroceryandgeneraltradeinasnuglittleshopatthecrackendoftheYard,atthetopofthesteps,withherlittleoldfatherandMaggyactingasassistants,habituallyheldforthabouthimoverthecounterinconversationwithhercustomers.

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