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Chapter 15

           Damprottenhouses,manytolet,manyyetbuilding,manyhalf-builtandmoulderingaway—lodgings,whereitwouldbehardtotellwhichneededpitymost,thosewholetorthosewhocametotake—children,scantilyfedandclothed,spreadovereverystreet,andsprawlinginthedust—scoldingmothers,stampingtheirslipshodfeetwithnoisythreatsuponthepavement—shabbyfathers,hurryingwithdispiritedlookstotheoccupationwhichbroughtthem‘dailybread’andlittlemore—mangling-women,washer-women,cobblers,tailors,chandlers,drivingtheirtradesinparloursandkitchensandbackroomandgarrets,andsometimesallofthemunderthesameroof—brick-fieldsskirtinggardenspaledwithstavesofoldcasks,ortimberpillagedfromhousesburntdown,andblackenedandblisteredbytheflames—moundsofdock-weed,nettles,coarsegrassandoyster-shells,heapedinrankconfusion—smalldissentingchapelstoteach,withnolackofillustration,themiseriesofEarth,andplentyofnewchurches,erectedwithalittlesuperfluouswealth,toshowthewaytoHeaven.

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

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