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Chapter 2

           Then,shegavetheknifeafinalsmartwipeontheedgeoftheplaster,andthensawedaverythickroundofftheloaf:whichshefinally,beforeseparatingfromtheloaf,hewedintotwohalves,ofwhichJoegotone,andItheother.

           Onthepresentoccasion,thoughIwashungry,Idarednoteatmyslice.IfeltthatImusthavesomethinginreserveformydreadfulacquaintance,andhisallythestillmoredreadfulyoungman.IknewMrs.Joe’shousekeepingtobeofthestrictestkind,andthatmylarcenousresearchesmightfindnothingavailableinthesafe.ThereforeIresolvedtoputmyhunkofbreadandbutterdownthelegofmytrousers.

           TheeffortofresolutionnecessarytotheachievementofthispurposeIfoundtobequiteawful.ItwasasifIhadtomakeupmymindtoleapfromthetopofahighhouse,orplungeintoagreatdepthofwater.AnditwasmadethemoredifficultbytheunconsciousJoe.Inouralready-mentionedfreemasonryasfellow-sufferers,andinhisgood-naturedcompanionshipwithme,itwasoureveninghabittocomparethewaywebitthroughourslices,bysilentlyholdingthemuptoeachother’sadmirationnowandthen,whichstimulatedustonewexertions.To-night,Joeseveraltimesinvitedme,bythedisplayofhisfastdiminishingslice,toenteruponourusualfriendlycompetition;buthefoundme,eachtime,withmyyellowmugofteaononeknee,andmyuntouchedbreadandbutterontheother.

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