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Murdering the Innocents

           

           Thesquarefinger,movinghereandthere,lightedsuddenlyonBitzer,perhapsbecausehechancedtositinthesamerayofsunlightwhich,dartinginatoneofthebarewindowsoftheintenselywhite-washedroom,irradiatedSissy.For,theboysandgirlssatonthefaceoftheinclinedplaneintwocompactbodies,dividedupthecentrebyanarrowinterval;andSissy,beingatthecornerofarowonthesunnyside,cameinforthebeginningofasunbeam,ofwhichBitzer,beingatthecornerofarowontheotherside,afewrowsinadvance,caughttheend.But,whereasthegirlwassodark-eyedanddark-haired,thatsheseemedtoreceiveadeeperandmorelustrouscolourfromthesun,whenitshoneuponher,theboywassolight-eyedandlight-hairedthattheself-sameraysappearedtodrawoutofhimwhatlittlecolourheeverpossessed.Hiscoldeyeswouldhardlyhavebeeneyes,butfortheshortendsoflasheswhich,bybringingthemintoimmediatecontrastwithsomethingpalerthanthemselves,expressedtheirform.Hisshort-croppedhairmighthavebeenamerecontinuationofthesandyfrecklesonhisforeheadandface.Hisskinwassounwholesomelydeficientinthenaturaltinge,thathelookedasthough,ifhewerecut,hewouldbleedwhite.

           ‘Bitzer,’saidThomasGradgrind.‘Yourdefinitionofahorse.’

           ‘Quadruped.Graminivorous.Fortyteeth,namelytwenty-fourgrinders,foureye-teeth,andtwelveincisive.Shedscoatinthespring;inmarshycountries,shedshoofs,too.Hoofshard,butrequiringtobeshodwithiron.Ageknownbymarksinmouth.

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