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Whelp-Hunting

           Harthouseoff,andgoinghomejustwhenIwasinthegreatestdanger.Prettylovethat!Comingoutwitheverywordaboutourhavinggonetothatplace,whenyousawthenetwasgatheringroundme.Prettylovethat!Youhaveregularlygivenmeup.Younevercaredforme.’

           ‘Tharp’ththeword!’saidSleary,atthedoor.

           Theyallconfusedlywentout:Louisacryingtohimthatsheforgavehim,andlovedhimstill,andthathewouldonedaybesorrytohaveleftherso,andgladtothinkoftheseherlastwords,faraway:whensomeoneranagainstthem.Mr.GradgrindandSissy,whowerebothbeforehimwhilehissisteryetclungtohisshoulder,stoppedandrecoiled.

           For,therewasBitzer,outofbreath,histhinlipsparted,histhinnostrilsdistended,hiswhiteeyelashesquivering,hiscolourlessfacemorecolourlessthanever,asifheranhimselfintoawhiteheat,whenotherpeopleranthemselvesintoaglow.Therehestood,pantingandheaving,asifhehadneverstoppedsincethenight,nowlongago,whenhehadrunthemdownbefore.

           ‘I’msorrytointerferewithyourplans,’saidBitzer,shakinghishead,‘butIcan’tallowmyselftobedonebyhorse-riders.ImusthaveyoungMr.Tom;hemustn’tbegotawaybyhorse-riders;hereheisinasmockfrock,andImusthavehim!’

           Bythecollar,too,itseemed.For,sohetookpossessionofhim.

           

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