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Chapter 7

           Shehadnoideawhatstockshehad,orwhatthepriceofanythinginitwas;buttherewasalittlegreasymemorandum-bookkeptinadrawer,whichservedasaCatalogueofPrices,andbythisoracleBiddyarrangedalltheshoptransaction.BiddywasMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt’sgranddaughter;Iconfessmyselfquietunequaltotheworkingoutoftheproblem,whatrelationshewastoMr.Wopsle.Shewasanorphanlikemyself;likeme,too,hadbeenbroughtupbyhand.Shewasmostnoticeable,Ithought,inrespectofherextremities;for,herhairalwayswantedbrushing,herhandsalwayswantedwashing,andhershoesalwayswantedmendingandpullingupatheel.Thisdescriptionmustbereceivedwithaweek-daylimitation.OnSundays,shewenttochurchelaborated.

           Muchofmyunassistedself,andmorebythehelpofBiddythanofMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt,Istruggledthroughthealphabetasifithadbeenabramble-bush;gettingconsiderablyworriedandscratchedbyeveryletter.AfterthatIfellamongthosethieves,theninefigures,whoseemedeveryeveningtodosomethingnewtodisguisethemselvesandbafflerecognition.But,atlastIbegan,inapurblindgropingway,toread,write,andcipher,ontheverysmallestscale.

           OnenightIwassittinginthechimneycornerwithmyslate,expendinggreateffortsontheproductionofalettertoJoe.Ithinkitmusthavebeenafullyearafterourhuntuponthemarshes,foritwasalongtimeafter,anditwaswinterandahardfrost.

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