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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

           

           Thatsecond-floorarchinaLondonhouse,lookingupanddownthewellofthestaircaseandcommandingthemainthoroughfarebywhichtheinhabitantsarepassing;bywhichcooklurksdownbeforedaylighttoscourherpotsandpansinthekitchen;bywhichyoungmasterstealthilyascends,havinglefthisbootsinthehall,andlethimselfinafterdawnfromajollynightattheClub;downwhichmisscomesrustlinginfreshribbonsandspreadingmuslins,brilliantandbeautiful,andpreparedforconquestandtheball;orMasterTommyslides,preferringthebanistersforamodeofconveyance,anddisdainingdangerandthestair;downwhichthemotherisfondlycarriedsmilinginherstronghusband’sarms,ashestepssteadilystepbystep,andfollowedbythemonthlynurse,onthedaywhenthemedicalmanhaspronouncedthatthecharmingpatientmaygodownstairs;upwhichJohnlurkstobed,yawning,withasputteringtallowcandle,andtogatherupbeforesunrisethebootswhichareawaitinghiminthepassages—thatstair,upordownwhichbabiesarecarried,oldpeoplearehelped,guestsaremarshalledtotheball,theparsonwalkstothechristening,thedoctortothesick-room,andtheundertaker’smentotheupperfloor—whatamementoofLife,Death,andVanityitis—thatarchandstair—ifyouchoosetoconsiderit,andsitonthelanding,lookingupanddownthewell!Thedoctorwillcomeuptoustooforthelasttimethere,myfriendinmotley.

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