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I Fall into Captivity

           Iwrotetohimmostaffectionatelyinreplytohis,butIthinkIwasglad,uponthewhole,thathecouldnotcometoLondonjustthen.Isuspectthetruthtobe,thattheinfluenceofAgneswasuponme,undisturbedbythesightofhim;andthatitwasthemorepowerfulwithme,becauseshehadsolargeashareinmythoughtsandinterest.

           Inthemeantime,daysandweeksslippedaway.IwasarticledtoSpenlowandJorkins.Ihadninetypoundsayear(exclusiveofmyhouse-rentandsundrycollateralmatters)frommyaunt.Myroomswereengagedfortwelvemonthscertain:andthoughIstillfoundthemdrearyofanevening,andtheeveningslong,Icouldsettledownintoastateofequablelowspirits,andresignmyselftocoffee;whichIseem,onlookingback,tohavetakenbythegallonataboutthisperiodofmyexistence.Ataboutthistime,too,Imadethreediscoveries:first,thatMrs.Cruppwasamartyrtoacuriousdisordercalled‘thespazzums’,whichwasgenerallyaccompaniedwithinflammationofthenose,andrequiredtobeconstantlytreatedwithpeppermint;secondly,thatsomethingpeculiarinthetemperatureofmypantry,madethebrandy-bottlesburst;thirdly,thatIwasaloneintheworld,andmuchgiventorecordthatcircumstanceinfragmentsofEnglishversification.

           OnthedaywhenIwasarticled,nofestivitytookplace,beyondmyhavingsandwichesandsherryintotheofficefortheclerks,andgoingalonetothetheatreatnight.

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