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No Way Out

           Thelightswereturnedout,andtheworkwenton.Therainfell,andtheSmoke-serpents,submissivetothecurseofallthattribe,trailedthemselvesupontheearth.Inthewaste-yardoutside,thesteamfromtheescapepipe,thelitterofbarrelsandoldiron,theshiningheapsofcoals,theasheseverywhere,wereshroudedinaveilofmistandrain.

           Theworkwenton,untilthenoon-bellrang.Moreclatteringuponthepavements.Thelooms,andwheels,andHandsalloutofgearforanhour.

           Stephencameoutofthehotmillintothedampwindandcoldwetstreets,haggardandworn.Heturnedfromhisownclassandhisownquarter,takingnothingbutalittlebreadashewalkedalong,towardsthehillonwhichhisprincipalemployerlived,inaredhousewithblackoutsideshutters,greeninsideblinds,ablackstreetdoor,uptwowhitesteps,Bounderby(inlettersverylikehimself)uponabrazenplate,andaroundbrazendoor-handleunderneathit,likeabrazenfull-stop.

           Mr.Bounderbywasathislunch.SoStephenhadexpected.WouldhisservantsaythatoneoftheHandsbeggedleavetospeaktohim?Messageinreturn,requiringnameofsuchHand.StephenBlackpool.TherewasnothingtroublesomeagainstStephenBlackpool;yes,hemightcomein.

           StephenBlackpoolintheparlour.Mr.Bounderby(whomhejustknewbysight),atlunchonchopandsherry.Mrs.Sparsitnettingatthefireside,inaside-saddleattitude,withonefootinacottonstirrup.Itwasapart,atonceofMrs.Sparsit’sdignityandservice,nottolunch.

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