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Chapter 15

           Damprottenhouses,manytolet,manyyetbuilding,manyhalf-builtandmoulderingawaylodgings,whereitwouldbehardtotellwhichneededpitymost,thosewholetorthosewhocametotakechildren,scantilyfedandclothed,spreadovereverystreet,andsprawlinginthedustscoldingmothers,stampingtheirslipshodfeetwithnoisythreatsuponthepavementshabbyfathers,hurryingwithdispiritedlookstotheoccupationwhichbroughtthem‘dailybread’andlittlemoremangling-women,washer-women,cobblers,tailors,chandlers,drivingtheirtradesinparloursandkitchensandbackroomandgarrets,andsometimesallofthemunderthesameroofbrick-fieldsskirtinggardenspaledwithstavesofoldcasks,ortimberpillagedfromhousesburntdown,andblackenedandblisteredbytheflamesmoundsofdock-weed,nettles,coarsegrassandoyster-shells,heapedinrankconfusionsmalldissentingchapelstoteach,withnolackofillustration,themiseriesofEarth,andplentyofnewchurches,erectedwithalittlesuperfluouswealth,toshowthewaytoHeaven.

           Atlengththesestreetsbecomingmorestragglingyet,dwindledanddwindledaway,untiltherewereonlysmallgardenpatchesborderingtheroad,withmanyasummerhouseinnocentofpaintandbuiltofoldtimberorsomefragmentsofaboat,greenasthetoughcabbage-stalksthatgrewaboutit,andgrottoedattheseamswithtoad-stoolsandtight-stickingsnails.

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