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I Become Neglected, and Am Provided for

           PeggottyandHamwentouttofish.Ifeltverybraveatbeingleftaloneinthesolitaryhouse,theprotectorofEm’lyandMrs.Gummidge,andonlywishedthatalionoraserpent,oranyill-disposedmonster,wouldmakeanattackuponus,thatImightdestroyhim,andcovermyselfwithglory.ButasnothingofthesorthappenedtobewalkingaboutonYarmouthflatsthatnight,IprovidedthebestsubstituteIcouldbydreamingofdragonsuntilmorning.

           WithmorningcamePeggotty;whocalledtome,asusual,undermywindowasifMr.Barkisthecarrierhadbeenfromfirsttolastadreamtoo.Afterbreakfastshetookmetoherownhome,andabeautifullittlehomeitwas.Ofallthemoveablesinit,Imusthavebeenimpressedbyacertainoldbureauofsomedarkwoodintheparlour(thetile-flooredkitchenwasthegeneralsitting-room),witharetreatingtopwhichopened,letdown,andbecameadesk,withinwhichwasalargequartoeditionofFoxe’sBookofMartyrs.Thispreciousvolume,ofwhichIdonotrecollectoneword,Iimmediatelydiscoveredandimmediatelyappliedmyselfto;andInevervisitedthehouseafterwards,butIkneeledonachair,openedthecasketwherethisgemwasenshrined,spreadmyarmsoverthedesk,andfelltodevouringthebookafresh.Iwaschieflyedified,Iamafraid,bythepictures,whichwerenumerous,andrepresentedallkindsofdismalhorrors;buttheMartyrsandPeggotty’shousehavebeeninseparableinmymindeversince,andarenow.

           ItookleaveofMr.Peggotty,andHam,andMrs.

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