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Chapter 6. The Father of the Marshalsea

           Sometimesthesecorrespondentsassumedfacetiousnames,astheBrick,Bellows,OldGooseberry,Wideawake,Snooks,Mops,Cutaway,theDogs-meatMan;butheconsideredthisinbadtaste,andwasalwaysalittlehurtbyit.

           Inthefulnessoftime,thiscorrespondenceshowingsignsofwearingout,andseemingtorequireaneffortonthepartofthecorrespondentstowhichinthehurriedcircumstancesofdeparturemanyofthemmightnotbeequal,heestablishedthecustomofattendingcollegiansofacertainstanding,tothegate,andtakingleaveofthemthere.Thecollegianundertreatment,aftershakinghands,wouldoccasionallystoptowrapupsomethinginabitofpaper,andwouldcomebackagaincalling‘Hi!’

           Hewouldlookroundsurprised.‘Me?’hewouldsay,withasmile.

           Bythistimethecollegianwouldbeupwithhim,andhewouldpaternallyadd,‘Whathaveyouforgotten?WhatcanIdoforyou?’

           ‘Iforgottoleavethis,’thecollegianwouldusuallyreturn,‘fortheFatheroftheMarshalsea.’

           ‘Mygoodsir,’hewouldrejoin,‘heisinfinitelyobligedtoyou.’But,tothelast,theirresolutehandofoldwouldremaininthepocketintowhichhehadslippedthemoneyduringtwoorthreeturnsabouttheyard,lestthetransactionshouldbetooconspicuoustothegeneralbodyofcollegians.

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