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IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation

           “Whomayitbefor?”

           “’Tisapresentforthenewfolksthat’sgoingtosetuphousekeeping,”saidChristian,whostoodhelplessandovercomebythemajestyoftheproceedings.

           “Ah,tobesure;andavaluableone,’ab’lieve.”

           “Bedsbedeartofokesthatdon’tkeepgeese,bain’tthey,MisterFairway?”saidChristian,astoanomniscientbeing.

           “Yes,”saidthefurze-dealer,standingup,givinghisforeheadathoroughmopping,andhandingthebeeswaxtoHumphrey,whosucceededattherubbingforthwith.“Notthatthiscouplebeinwantofone,but’twaswelltoshow’emabitoffriendlinessatthisgreatracketingvagaryoftheirlives.Isetupbothmyowndaughtersinonewhentheywasmarried,andtherehavebeenfeathersenoughforanotherinthehousethelasttwelvemonths.Nowthen,neighbours,Ithinkwehavelaidonenoughwax.GrandferCantle,youturntheticktherightwayoutwards,andthenI’llbegintoshakeinthefeathers.”

           WhenthebedwasinpropertrimFairwayandChristianbroughtforwardvastpaperbags,stuffedtothefull,butlightasballoons,andbegantoturnthecontentsofeachintothereceptaclejustprepared.Asbagafterbagwasemptied,airytuftsofdownandfeathersfloatedabouttheroominincreasingquantitytill,throughamishapofChristian’s,whoshookthecontentsofonebagoutsidethetick,theatmosphereoftheroombecamedensewithgiganticflakes,whichdescendedupontheworkerslikeawindlesssnowstorm.

           “Ineversawsuchaclumsychapasyou,Christian,”saidGrandferCantleseverely.

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