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           Hehadalivelyperceptionofhisownunfortunatestate,andwasalwaysrubbinghiseyeswiththesleeveofhisjacket,orstoopingtoblowhisnoseontheextremecornerofalittlepocket-handkerchief,whichheneverwouldtakecompletelyoutofhispocket,butalwayseconomizedandsecreted.

           Thisunluckypage,engagedinanevilhouratsixpoundstenperannum,wasasourceofcontinualtroubletome.Iwatchedhimashegrewandhegrewlikescarletbeanswithpainfulapprehensionsofthetimewhenhewouldbegintoshave;evenofthedayswhenhewouldbebaldorgrey.Isawnoprospectofevergettingridofhim;and,projectingmyselfintothefuture,usedtothinkwhataninconveniencehewouldbewhenhewasanoldman.

           Ineverexpectedanythingless,thanthisunfortunate’smannerofgettingmeoutofmydifficulty.HestoleDora’swatch,which,likeeverythingelsebelongingtous,hadnoparticularplaceofitsown;and,convertingitintomoney,spenttheproduce(hewasalwaysaweak-mindedboy)inincessantlyridingupanddownbetweenLondonandUxbridgeoutsidethecoach.HewastakentoBowStreet,aswellasIremember,onthecompletionofhisfifteenthjourney;whenfour-and-sixpence,andasecond-handfifewhichhecouldn’tplay,werefounduponhisperson.

           Thesurpriseanditsconsequenceswouldhavebeenmuchlessdisagreeabletomeifhehadnotbeenpenitent.Buthewasverypenitentindeed,andinapeculiarwaynotinthelump,butbyinstalments.

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