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Tom-all-Alone’s

           JocomesoutofTom-all-Alone’s,meetingthetardymorningwhichisalwayslateingettingdownthere,andmuncheshisdirtybitofbreadashecomesalong.Hiswaylyingthroughmanystreets,andthehousesnotyetbeingopen,hesitsdowntobreakfastonthedoor-stepoftheSocietyforthePropagationoftheGospelinForeignPartsandgivesitabrushwhenhehasfinishedasanacknowledgmentoftheaccommodation.Headmiresthesizeoftheedificeandwonderswhatit’sallabout.Hehasnoidea,poorwretch,ofthespiritualdestitutionofacoralreefinthePacificorwhatitcoststolookuptheprecioussoulsamongthecoco-nutsandbread-fruit.Hegoestohiscrossingandbeginstolayitoutfortheday.Thetownawakes;thegreattee-totumissetupforitsdailyspinandwhirl;allthatunaccountablereadingandwriting,whichhasbeensuspendedforafewhours,recommences.Joandtheotherloweranimalsgetonintheunintelligiblemessastheycan.Itismarket-day.Theblindedoxen,over-goaded,over-driven,neverguided,runintowrongplacesandarebeatenout,andplungered-eyedandfoamingatstonewalls,andoftensorelyhurttheinnocent,andoftensorelyhurtthemselves.VerylikeJoandhisorder;very,verylike!Abandofmusiccomesandplays.Jolistenstoit.Sodoesadogadrover’sdog,waitingforhismasteroutsideabutcher’sshop,andevidentlythinkingaboutthosesheephehashaduponhismindforsomehoursandishappilyridof.

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