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I Am Born

           MymotherwassomuchworsethatPeggotty,cominginwiththeteaboardandcandles,andseeingataglancehowillshewas,asMissBetseymighthavedonesooneriftherehadbeenlightenough,conveyedherupstairstoherownroomwithallspeed;andimmediatelydispatchedHamPeggotty,hernephew,whohadbeenforsomedayspastsecretedinthehouse,unknowntomymother,asaspecialmessengerincaseofemergency,tofetchthenurseanddoctor.

           Thosealliedpowerswereconsiderablyastonished,whentheyarrivedwithinafewminutesofeachother,tofindanunknownladyofportentousappearance,sittingbeforethefire,withherbonnettiedoverherleftarm,stoppingherearswithjewellers’cotton.Peggottyknowingnothingabouther,andmymothersayingnothingabouther,shewasquiteamysteryintheparlour;andthefactofherhavingamagazineofjewellers’cottoninherpocket,andstickingthearticleinherearsinthatway,didnotdetractfromthesolemnityofherpresence.

           Thedoctorhavingbeenupstairsandcomedownagain,andhavingsatisfiedhimself,Isuppose,thattherewasaprobabilityofthisunknownladyandhimselfhavingtositthere,facetoface,forsomehours,laidhimselfouttobepoliteandsocial.Hewasthemeekestofhissex,themildestoflittlemen.Hesidledinandoutofaroom,totakeupthelessspace.HewalkedassoftlyastheGhostinHamlet,andmoreslowly.

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