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           ItwasnecessaryforJoetoholdonheavilytothetablewithhisleftelbow,andtogethisrightlegwelloutbehindhim,beforehecouldbegin;andwhenhedidbeginhemadeeverydown-strokesoslowlythatitmighthavebeensixfeetlong,whileateveryup-strokeIcouldhearhispensplutteringextensively.Hehadacuriousideathattheinkstandwasonthesideofhimwhereitwasnot,andconstantlydippedhispenintospace,andseemedquitesatisfiedwiththeresult.Occasionally,hewastrippedupbysomeorthographicalstumbling-block;butonthewholehegotonverywellindeed;andwhenhehadsignedhisname,andhadremovedafinishingblotfromthepapertothecrownofhisheadwithhistwoforefingers,hegotupandhoveredaboutthetable,tryingtheeffectofhisperformancefromvariouspointsofview,asitlaythere,withunboundedsatisfaction.

           NottomakeJoeuneasybytalkingtoomuch,evenifIhadbeenabletotalkmuch,IdeferredaskinghimaboutMissHavishamuntilnextday.HeshookhisheadwhenIthenaskedhimifshehadrecovered.

           "Isshedead,Joe?"

           "Whyyousee,oldchap,"saidJoe,inatoneofremonstrance,andbywayofgettingatitbydegrees,"Iwouldn’tgosofarastosaythat,forthat’sadealtosay;butsheain’t"

           "Living,Joe?"

           "That’snigherwhereitis,"saidJoe;"sheain’tliving.

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