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The Smallweed Family

           Someindicationofaneckbeingdevelopedinhimbythesemeans,heandthesharerofhislife’seveningagainfrontingoneanotherintheirtwoporter’schairs,likeacoupleofsentinelslongforgottenontheirpostbytheBlackSerjeant,Death.Judythetwinisworthycompanyfortheseassociates.SheissoindubitablysistertoMr.Smallweedtheyoungerthatthetwokneadedintoonewouldhardlymakeayoungpersonofaverageproportions,whileshesohappilyexemplifiesthebefore-mentionedfamilylikenesstothemonkeytribethatattiredinaspangledrobeandcapshemightwalkaboutthetable-landonthetopofabarrel-organwithoutexcitingmuchremarkasanunusualspecimen.Underexistingcircumstances,however,sheisdressedinaplain,sparegownofbrownstuff.Judyneverownedadoll,neverheardofCinderella,neverplayedatanygame.Sheonceortwicefellintochildren’scompanywhenshewasabouttenyearsold,butthechildrencouldn’tgetonwithJudy,andJudycouldn’tgetonwiththem.Sheseemedlikeananimalofanotherspecies,andtherewasinstinctiverepugnanceonbothsides.ItisverydoubtfulwhetherJudyknowshowtolaugh.Shehassorarelyseenthethingdonethattheprobabilitiesarestrongtheotherway.Ofanythinglikeayouthfullaugh,shecertainlycanhavenoconception.Ifsheweretotryone,shewouldfindherteethinherway,modellingthatactionofherface,asshehasunconsciouslymodelledallitsotherexpressions,onherpatternofsordidage.SuchisJudy.Andhertwinbrothercouldn’twindupatopforhislife.

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