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Chapter 40

           Hereisthelandthey’vebeenallalongexpectingforFred,whichitseemstheoldmannevermeanttoleavehimafootof,butleftittothisside-slipofasonthathekeptinthedark,andthoughtofhisstickingthereandvexingeverybodyaswellashecouldhavevexed’emhimselfifhecouldhavekeptalive.Isay,itwouldbecuriousifitgotintoBulstrode’shandsafterall.Theoldmanhatedhim,andneverwouldbankwithhim."

           "Whatreasoncouldthemiserablecreaturehaveforhatingamanwhomhehadnothingtodowith?"saidMrs.Garth.

           "Pooh!where’stheuseofaskingforsuchfellows’reasons?Thesoulofman,"saidCaleb,withthedeeptoneandgraveshakeoftheheadwhichalwayscamewhenheusedthisphrase"Thesoulofman,whenitgetsfairlyrotten,willbearyouallsortsofpoisonoustoad-stools,andnoeyecanseewhencecametheseedthereof."

           ItwasoneofCaleb’squaintnesses,thatinhisdifficultyoffindingspeechforhisthought,hecaught,asitwere,snatchesofdictionwhichheassociatedwithvariouspointsofvieworstatesofmind;andwheneverhehadafeelingofawe,hewashauntedbyasenseofBiblicalphraseology,thoughhecouldhardlyhavegivenastrictquotation.

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