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V. Perplexity among Honest People

           Yes,”hecontinued,toGrandferCantle,raisinghisvoicesoastobeheardthroughthepartition,“herfather(inclininghisheadtowardstheinnerroom)wasasgoodafelleraseverlived.Healwayshadhisgreatindignationreadyagainstanythingunderhand.”

           “Isthatverydangerous?”saidChristian.

           “Andtherewerefewinthesepartsthatwereupsideswithhim,”saidSam.“Wheneveraclubwalkedhe’dplaytheclarinetinthebandthatmarchedbefore’emasifhe’dnevertouchedanythingbutaclarinetallhislife.Andthen,whentheygottochurchdoorhe’dthrowdowntheclarinet,mountthegallery,snatchupthebassviol,androzumawayasifhe’dneverplayedanythingbutabassviol.Folkwouldsay—folkthatknowedwhatatruestavewas—’Surely,surelythat’sneverthesamemanthatIsawhandlingtheclarinetsomasterlybynow!”

           “Icanmindit,”saidthefurze-cutter.“’Twasawonderfulthingthatonebodycouldholditallandnevermixthefingering.”

           “TherewasKingsberechurchlikewise,”Fairwayrecommenced,asoneopeninganewveinofthesamemineofinterest.

           Wildevebreathedthebreathofoneintolerablybored,andglancedthroughthepartitionattheprisoners.

           “HeusedtowalkoverthereofaSundayafternoontovisithisoldacquaintanceAndrewBrown,thefirstclarinetthere;agoodmanenough,butratherscreechyinhismusic,ifyoucanmind?”

           “’Awas.”

           “AndneighbourYeobrightwouldtakeAndrey’splaceforsomepartoftheservice,toletAndreyhaveabitofanap,asanyfriendwouldnaturallydo.

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