Холодный дом

Moving On

           ""Myyoungfriend,"saysChadband,"itisbecauseyouknownothingthatyouaretousagemandjewel.Forwhatareyou,myyoungfriend?Areyouabeastofthefield?No.Abirdoftheair?No.Afishoftheseaorriver?No.Youareahumanboy,myyoungfriend.Ahumanboy.Oglorioustobeahumanboy!Andwhyglorious,myyoungfriend?Becauseyouarecapableofreceivingthelessonsofwisdom,becauseyouarecapableofprofitingbythisdiscoursewhichInowdeliverforyourgood,becauseyouarenotastick,orastaff,orastock,orastone,orapost,orapillar.Anddoyoucoolyourselfinthatstreamnow,myyoungfriend?No.Whydoyounotcoolyourselfinthatstreamnow?Becauseyouareinastateofdarkness,becauseyouareinastateofobscurity,becauseyouareinastateofsinfulness,becauseyouareinastateofbondage.Myyoungfriend,whatisbondage?Letus,inaspiritoflove,inquire."Atthisthreateningstageofthediscourse,Jo,whoseemstohavebeengraduallygoingoutofhismind,smearshisrightarmoverhisfaceandgivesaterribleyawn.Mrs.Snagsbyindignantlyexpressesherbeliefthatheisalimbofthearch-fiend."Myfriends,"saysMr.Chadbandwithhispersecutedchinfoldingitselfintoitsfatsmileagainashelooksround,"itisrightthatIshouldbehumbled,itisrightthatIshouldbetried,itisrightthatIshouldbemortified,itisrightthatIshouldbecorrected.Istumbled,onSabbathlast,whenIthoughtwithprideofmythreehours’improving.Theaccountisnowfavourablybalanced:mycreditorhasacceptedacomposition.

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