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Chapter 13

           

           TheHallwasaqueerplace,Ithought,withhigherpewsinitthanachurchandwithpeoplehangingoverthepewslookingonandwithmightyJustices(onewithapowderedhead)leaningbackinchairs,withfoldedarms,ortakingsnuff,orgoingtosleep,orwriting,orreadingthenewspapersandwithsomeshiningblackportraitsonthewalls,whichmyunartisticeyeregardedasacompositionofhardbakeandsticking-plaster.Here,inacornermyindenturesweredulysignedandattested,andIwas"bound";Mr.Pumblechookholdingmeallthewhileasifwehadlookedinonourwaytothescaffold,tohavethoselittlepreliminariesdisposedof.

           Whenwehadcomeoutagain,andhadgotridoftheboyswhohadbeenputintogreatspiritsbytheexpectationofseeingmepubliclytortured,andwhoweremuchdisappointedtofindthatmyfriendsweremerelyrallyingroundme,wewentbacktoPumblechook’s.Andtheremysisterbecamesoexcitedbythetwenty-fiveguineas,thatnothingwouldserveherbutwemusthaveadinneroutofthatwindfallattheBlueBoar,andthatPumblechookmustgooverinhischaise-cart,andbringtheHubblesandMr.Wopsle.

           Itwasagreedtobedone;andamostmelancholydayIpassed.For,itinscrutablyappearedtostandtoreason,inthemindsofthewholecompany,thatIwasanexcrescenceontheentertainment.

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