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           ‘Spendsadealofmoneyonhisdress,ma’am.’

           ‘Itmustbeadmitted,’saidMrs.Sparsit,‘thatit’sverytasteful.’

           ‘Yes,ma’am,’returnedBitzer,‘ifthat’sworththemoney.’

           ‘Besideswhich,ma’am,’resumedBitzer,whilehewaspolishingthetable,‘helookstomeasifhegamed.’

           ‘It’simmoraltogame,’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘It’sridiculous,ma’am,’saidBitzer,‘becausethechancesareagainsttheplayers.’

           WhetheritwasthattheheatpreventedMrs.Sparsitfromworking,orwhetheritwasthatherhandwasout,shedidnoworkthatnight.Shesatatthewindow,whenthesunbegantosinkbehindthesmoke;shesatthere,whenthesmokewasburningred,whenthecolourfadedfromit,whendarknessseemedtoriseslowlyoutoftheground,andcreepupward,upward,uptothehouse-tops,upthechurchsteeple,uptothesummitsofthefactorychimneys,uptothesky.Withoutacandleintheroom,Mrs.Sparsitsatatthewindow,withherhandsbeforeher,notthinkingmuchofthesoundsofevening;thewhoopingofboys,thebarkingofdogs,therumblingofwheels,thestepsandvoicesofpassengers,theshrillstreetcries,theclogsuponthepavementwhenitwastheirhourforgoingby,theshutting-upofshop-shutters.Notuntilthelightporterannouncedthathernocturnalsweetbreadwasready,didMrs.Sparsitarouseherselffromherreverie,andconveyherdenseblackeyebrowsbythattimecreasedwithmeditation,asiftheyneededironingout-up-stairs.

           ‘O,youFool!’saidMrs

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