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Sleary’s Horsemanship

           Allthemotherscould(anddid)dance,upontheslackwireandthetight-rope,andperformrapidactsonbare-backedsteeds;noneofthemwereatallparticularinrespectofshowingtheirlegs;andoneofthem,aloneinaGreekchariot,drovesixinhandintoeverytowntheycameto.Theyallassumedtobemightyrakishandknowing,theywerenotverytidyintheirprivatedresses,theywerenotatallorderlyintheirdomesticarrangements,andthecombinedliteratureofthewholecompanywouldhaveproducedbutapoorletteronanysubject.Yettherewasaremarkablegentlenessandchildishnessaboutthesepeople,aspecialinaptitudeforanykindofsharppractice,andanuntiringreadinesstohelpandpityoneanother,deservingoftenofasmuchrespect,andalwaysofasmuchgenerousconstruction,astheevery-dayvirtuesofanyclassofpeopleintheworld.

           LastofallappearedMr.Sleary:astoutmanasalreadymentioned,withonefixedeye,andonelooseeye,avoice(ifitcanbecalledso)liketheeffortsofabrokenoldpairofbellows,aflabbysurface,andamuddledheadwhichwasneversoberandneverdrunk.

           ‘Thquire!’saidMr.Sleary,whowastroubledwithasthma,andwhosebreathcamefartoothickandheavyfortheletters,‘Yourthervant!Thithithabadpietheofbithnith,thithith.You’veheardofmyClownandhithdogbeingthuppothedtohavemorrithed?’

           HeaddressedMr.Gradgrind,whoanswered‘Yes.

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