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           Gradgrindonthesameday,andinthesamehour,sittingthoughtfulinhisownroom.Howmuchoffuturitydidhesee?Didheseehimself,awhite-haireddecrepitman,bendinghishithertoinflexibletheoriestoappointedcircumstances;makinghisfactsandfiguressubservienttoFaith,Hope,andCharity;andnolongertryingtogrindthatHeavenlytrioinhisdustylittlemills?Didhecatchsightofhimself,thereforemuchdespisedbyhislatepoliticalassociates?Didheseethem,intheeraofitsbeingquitesettledthatthenationaldustmenhaveonlytodowithoneanother,andowenodutytoanabstractioncalledaPeople,‘tauntingthehonourablegentleman’withthisandwiththatandwithwhatnot,fivenightsa-week,untilthesmallhoursofthemorning?Probablyhehadthatmuchforeknowledge,knowinghismen.

           

           HerewasLouisaonthenightofthesameday,watchingthefireasindaysofyore,thoughwithagentlerandahumblerface.Howmuchofthefuturemightarisebeforehervision?Broadsidesinthestreets,signedwithherfather’sname,exoneratingthelateStephenBlackpool,weaver,frommisplacedsuspicion,andpublishingtheguiltofhisownson,withsuchextenuationashisyearsandtemptation(hecouldnotbringhimselftoadd,hiseducation)mightbeseech;wereofthePresent.So,StephenBlackpool’stombstone,withherfather’srecordofhisdeath,wasalmostofthePresent,forsheknewitwastobe.Thesethingsshecouldplainlysee.

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