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The Great Manufacturer

           YoungThomasandSissybeingbothatsuchastageoftheirworkingup,thesechangeswereeffectedinayearortwo;whileMr.Gradgrindhimselfseemedstationaryinhiscourse,andunderwentnoalteration.

           Exceptone,whichwasapartfromhisnecessaryprogressthroughthemill.Timehustledhimintoalittlenoisyandratherdirtymachinery,inaby-comer,andmadehimMemberofParliamentforCoketown:oneoftherespectedmembersforounceweightsandmeasures,oneoftherepresentativesofthemultiplicationtable,oneofthedeafhonourablegentlemen,dumbhonourablegentlemen,blindhonourablegentlemen,lamehonourablegentlemen,deadhonourablegentlemen,toeveryotherconsideration.ElsewhereforeliveweinaChristianland,eighteenhundredandoddyearsafterourMaster?

           Allthiswhile,Louisahadbeenpassingon,soquietandreserved,andsomuchgiventowatchingthebrightashesattwilightastheyfellintothegrate,andbecameextinct,thatfromtheperiodwhenherfatherhadsaidshewasalmostayoungwomanwhichseemedbutyesterdayshehadscarcelyattractedhisnoticeagain,whenhefoundherquiteayoungwoman.

           ‘Quiteayoungwoman,’saidMr.Gradgrind,musing.‘Dearme!’

           Soonafterthisdiscovery,hebecamemorethoughtfulthanusualforseveraldays,andseemedmuchengrossedbyonesubject.

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