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A Vagabond Chapter

           IndescribingthisSiren,singingandsmiling,coaxingandcajoling,theauthor,withmodestpride,askshisreadersallround,hasheonceforgottenthelawsofpoliteness,andshowedthemonster’shideoustailabovewater?No!Thosewholikemaypeepdownunderwavesthatareprettytransparentandseeitwrithingandtwirling,diabolicallyhideousandslimy,flappingamongstbones,orcurlingroundcorpses;butabovethewaterline,Iask,hasnoteverythingbeenproper,agreeable,anddecorous,andhasanythemostsqueamishimmoralistinVanityFairarighttocryfie?When,however,theSirendisappearsanddivesbelow,downamongthedeadmen,thewaterofcoursegrowsturbidoverher,anditislabourlosttolookintoiteversocuriously.Theylookprettyenoughwhentheysituponarock,twangingtheirharpsandcombingtheirhair,andsing,andbeckontoyoutocomeandholdthelooking-glass;butwhentheysinkintotheirnativeelement,dependonit,thosemermaidsareaboutnogood,andwehadbestnotexaminethefiendishmarinecannibals,revellingandfeastingontheirwretchedpickledvictims.Andso,whenBeckyisoutoftheway,besurethatsheisnotparticularlywellemployed,andthatthelessthatissaidaboutherdoingsisinfactthebetter.

           IfweweretogiveafullaccountofherproceedingsduringacoupleofyearsthatfollowedaftertheCurzonStreetcatastrophe,theremightbesomereasonforpeopletosaythisbookwasimproper.

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