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A Loophole

           WilliamButton,ofTooleyStreet,in‘thehighlynovelandlaughablehippo-comediettaofTheTailor’sJourneytoBrentford.’

           ThomasGradgrindtooknoheedofthesetrivialitiesofcourse,butpassedonasapracticalmanoughttopasson,eitherbrushingthenoisyinsectsfromhisthoughts,orconsigningthemtotheHouseofCorrection.But,theturningoftheroadtookhimbythebackofthebooth,andatthebackoftheboothanumberofchildrenwerecongregatedinanumberofstealthyattitudes,strivingtopeepinatthehiddengloriesoftheplace.

           Thisbroughthimtoastop.‘Now,tothinkofthesevagabonds,’saidhe,‘attractingtheyoungrabblefromamodelschool.’

           Aspaceofstuntedgrassanddryrubbishbeingbetweenhimandtheyoungrabble,hetookhiseyeglassoutofhiswaistcoattolookforanychildheknewbyname,andmightorderoff.Phenomenonalmostincrediblethoughdistinctlyseen,whatdidhethenbeholdbuthisownmetallurgicalLouisa,peepingwithallhermightthroughaholeinadealboard,andhisownmathematicalThomasabasinghimselfonthegroundtocatchbutahoofofthegracefulequestrianTyroleanflower-act!

           Dumbwithamazement,Mr.Gradgrindcrossedtothespotwherehisfamilywasthusdisgraced,laidhishanduponeacherringchild,andsaid:

           ‘Louisa!!Thomas!!’

           Bothrose,redanddisconcerted.But,LouisalookedatherfatherwithmoreboldnessthanThomasdid.Indeed,Thomasdidnotlookathim,butgavehimselfuptobetakenhomelikeamachine.

           ‘Inthenameofwonder,idleness,andfolly!’saidMr.

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