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My ‘First Half’ at Salem House

           WewereallextremelygladtoseeTraddlessoputdown,andexaltedSteerforthtotheskies:especiallywhenhetoldus,ashecondescendedtodo,thatwhathehaddonehadbeendoneexpresslyforus,andforourcause;andthathehadconferredagreatboonuponusbyunselfishlydoingit.ButImustsaythatwhenIwasgoingonwithastoryinthedarkthatnight,Mr.Mell’soldfluteseemedmorethanoncetosoundmournfullyinmyears;andthatwhenatlastSteerforthwastired,andIlaydowninmybed,Ifancieditplayingsosorrowfullysomewhere,thatIwasquitewretched.

           IsoonforgothiminthecontemplationofSteerforth,who,inaneasyamateurway,andwithoutanybook(heseemedtometoknoweverythingbyheart),tooksomeofhisclassesuntilanewmasterwasfound.Thenewmastercamefromagrammarschool;andbeforeheenteredonhisduties,dinedintheparlouroneday,tobeintroducedtoSteerforth.Steerforthapprovedofhimhighly,andtoldushewasaBrick.Withoutexactlyunderstandingwhatlearneddistinctionwasmeantbythis,Irespectedhimgreatlyforit,andhadnodoubtwhateverofhissuperiorknowledge:thoughhenevertookthepainswithmenotthatIwasanybodythatMr.Mellhadtaken.

           Therewasonlyoneothereventinthishalf-year,outofthedailyschool-life,thatmadeanimpressionuponmewhichstillsurvives.Itsurvivesformanyreasons.

           Oneafternoon,whenwewereallharassedintoastateofdireconfusion,andMr.

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