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Chapter 2

           Forthefugitiveoutonthemarsheswiththeironedleg,themysteriousyoungman,thefile,thefood,andthedreadfulpledgeIwasundertocommitalarcenyonthoseshelteringpremises,rosebeforemeintheavengingcoals.

           "Hah!"saidMrs.Joe,restoringTicklertohisstation."Churchyard,indeed!Youmaywellsaychurchyard,youtwo."Oneofus,bytheby,hadnotsaiditatall."You’lldrivemetothechurchyardbetwixtyou,oneofthesedays,andO,apr-r-reciouspairyou’dbewithoutme!"

           Assheappliedherselftosetthetea-things,Joepeepeddownatmeoverhisleg,asifhewerementallycastingmeandhimselfup,andcalculatingwhatkindofpairwepracticallyshouldmake,underthegrievouscircumstancesforeshadowed.Afterthat,hesatfeelinghisright-sideflaxencurlsandwhisker,andfollowingMrs.Joeaboutwithhisblueeyes,ashismanneralwayswasatsquallytimes.

           Mysisterhadatrenchantwayofcuttingourbreadandbutterforus,thatnevervaried.First,withherlefthandshejammedtheloafhardandfastagainstherbibwhereitsometimesgotapinintoit,andsometimesaneedle,whichweafterwardsgotintoourmouths.Thenshetooksomebutter(nottoomuch)onaknifeandspreaditontheloaf,inanapothecarykindofway,asifsheweremakingaplasterusingbothsidesoftheknifewithaslappingdexterity,andtrimmingandmouldingthebutteroffroundthecrust.

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