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Father and Daughter

           Gradgrind.‘Ihavestatedthecase,assuchcasesareusuallystatedamongpracticalminds;Ihavestatedit,asthecaseofyourmotherandmyselfwasstatedinitstime.Therest,mydearLouisa,isforyoutodecide.’

           Fromthebeginning,shehadsatlookingathimfixedly.Ashenowleanedbackinhischair,andbenthisdeep-seteyesuponherinhisturn,perhapshemighthaveseenonewaveringmomentinher,whenshewasimpelledtothrowherselfuponhisbreast,andgivehimthepent-upconfidencesofherheart.But,toseeit,hemusthaveoverleapedataboundtheartificialbarriershehadformanyyearsbeenerecting,betweenhimselfandallthosesubtleessencesofhumanitywhichwilleludetheutmostcunningofalgebrauntilthelasttrumpetevertobesoundedshallblowevenalgebratowreck.Thebarriersweretoomanyandtoohighforsuchaleap.Withhisunbending,utilitarian,matter-of-factface,hehardenedheragain;andthemomentshotawayintotheplumblessdepthsofthepast,tominglewithallthelostopportunitiesthataredrownedthere.

           Removinghereyesfromhim,shesatsolonglookingsilentlytowardsthetown,thathesaid,atlength:‘AreyouconsultingthechimneysoftheCoketownworks,Louisa?’

           ‘Thereseemstobenothingtherebutlanguidandmonotonoussmoke.Yetwhenthenightcomes,Fireburstsout,father!’sheanswered,turningquickly.

           ‘OfcourseIknowthat,Louisa.Idonotseetheapplicationoftheremark.’Todohimjusticehedidnot,atall.

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