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           Thencametheexperiencedchaplainofthejail,withmoretabularstatements,outdoingalltheprevioustabularstatements,andshowingthatthesamepeoplewouldresorttolowhaunts,hiddenfromthepubliceye,wheretheyheardlowsingingandsawlowdancing,andmayhapjoinedinit;andwhereA.B.,agedtwenty-fournextbirthday,andcommittedforeighteenmonths’solitary,hadhimselfsaid(notthathehadevershownhimselfparticularlyworthyofbelief)hisruinbegan,ashewasperfectlysureandconfidentthatotherwisehewouldhavebeenatip-topmoralspecimen.ThencameMr.GradgrindandMr.Bounderby,thetwogentlemenatthispresentmomentwalkingthroughCoketown,andbotheminentlypractical,whocould,onoccasion,furnishmoretabularstatementsderivedfromtheirownpersonalexperience,andillustratedbycasestheyhadknownandseen,fromwhichitclearlyappearedinshort,itwastheonlyclearthinginthecasethatthesesamepeoplewereabadlotaltogether,gentlemen;thatdowhatyouwouldforthemtheywereneverthankfulforit,gentlemen;thattheywererestless,gentlemen;thattheyneverknewwhattheywanted;thattheyliveduponthebest,andboughtfreshbutter;andinsistedonMochacoffee,andrejectedallbutprimepartsofmeat,andyetwereeternallydissatisfiedandunmanageable.Inshort,itwasthemoraloftheoldnurseryfable:

           Therewasanoldwoman,andwhatdoyouthink?

           Sheliveduponnothingbutvictualsanddrink;

           Victualsanddrinkwerethewholeofherdiet,

           AndyetthisoldwomanwouldNEVERbequiet.

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