Chapter 32. Going

           

           ArthurcontinuingtolieveryillintheMarshalsea,andMrRuggdescryingnobreakinthelegalskyaffordingahopeofhisenlargement,MrPanckssuffereddesperatelyfromself-reproaches.IfithadnotbeenforthoseinfalliblefigureswhichprovedthatArthur,insteadofpininginimprisonment,oughttobepromenadinginacarriageandpair,andthatMrPancks,insteadofbeingrestrictedtohisclerklywages,oughttohavefromthreetofivethousandpoundsofhisownathisimmediatedisposal,thatunhappyarithmeticianwouldprobablyhavetakentohisbed,andtherehavemadeoneofthemanyobscurepersonswhoturnedtheirfacestothewallanddied,asalastsacrificetothelateMrMerdle’sgreatness.Solelysupportedbyhisunimpugnablecalculations,MrPancksledanunhappyandrestlesslife;constantlycarryinghisfiguresaboutwithhiminhishat,andnotonlygoingoverthemhimselfoneverypossibleoccasion,butentreatingeveryhumanbeinghecouldlayholdoftogooverthemwithhim,andobservewhataclearcaseitwas.DowninBleedingHeartYardtherewasscarcelyaninhabitantofnotetowhomMrPanckshadnotimpartedhisdemonstration,and,asfiguresarecatching,akindofcypheringmeaslesbrokeoutinthatlocality,undertheinfluenceofwhichthewholeYardwaslight-headed.

           ThemorerestlessMrPancksgrewinhismind,themoreimpatienthebecameofthePatriarch.

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