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Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

           Astheretrulywasnoreasonwhyheshouldhavetheleastinterestinit,ArthurClennamwentontothepresentpurportofhisvisit;namely,tomakePlornishtheinstrumentofeffectingTip’srelease,withaslittledetrimentaspossibletotheself-relianceandself-helpfulnessoftheyoungman,supposinghimtopossessanyremnantofthosequalities:withoutdoubtaverywidestretchofsupposition.Plornish,havingbeenmadeacquaintedwiththecauseofactionfromtheDefendant’sownmouth,gaveArthurtounderstandthatthePlaintiffwasa‘Chaunter’—meaning,notasingerofanthems,butasellerofhorses—andthathe(Plornish)consideredthattenshillingsinthepound‘wouldsettlehandsome,’andthatmorewouldbeawasteofmoney.ThePrincipalandinstrumentsoondroveofftogethertoastable-yardinHighHolborn,wherearemarkablyfinegreygelding,worth,atthelowestfigure,seventy-fiveguineas(nottakingintoaccountthevalueoftheshothehadbeenmadetoswallowfortheimprovementofhisform),wastobepartedwithforatwenty-poundnote,inconsequenceofhishavingrunawaylastweekwithMrsCaptainBarbaryofCheltenham,whowasn’tuptoahorseofhiscourage,andwho,inmerespite,insistedonsellinghimforthatridiculoussum:or,inotherwords,ongivinghimaway.

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