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Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

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           Hewasearnesttofinishhiscommissionatonce,andhisPrincipalwasinthesamemind.SohisPrincipalofferedtosethimdownattheMarshalseaGate,andtheydroveinthatdirectionoverBlackfriarsBridge.Ontheway,ArthurelicitedfromhisnewfriendaconfusedsummaryoftheinteriorlifeofBleedingHeartYard.Theywasallhardupthere,MrPlornishsaid,uncommonhardup,tobesure.Well,hecouldn’tsayhowitwas;hedidn’tknowasanybodycouldsayhowitwas;allheknow’dwas,thatsoitwas.Whenamanfelt,onhisownbackandinhisownbelly,thatpoorhewas,thatman(MrPlornishgaveitashisdecidedbelief)know’dwellthathewaspoorsomehoworanother,andyoucouldn’ttalkitoutofhim,nomorethanyoucouldtalkBeefintohim.Thenyousee,somepeopleaswasbetteroffsaid,andagoodmanysuchpeoplelivedprettycloseuptothemarkthemselvesifnotbeyonditsohe’dheerd,thattheywas‘improvident’(thatwasthefavouriteword)downtheYard.Forinstance,iftheyseeamanwithhiswifeandchildrengoingtoHamptonCourtinaWan,perhapsonceinayear,theysays,‘Hallo!Ithoughtyouwaspoor,myimprovidentfriend!’Why,Lord,howharditwasuponaman!Whatwasamantodo?Hecouldn’tgomollancholymad,andevenifhedid,youwouldn’tbethebetterforit.InMrPlornish’sjudgmentyouwouldbetheworseforit.Yetyouseemedtowanttomakeamanmollancholymad.Youwasalwaysatit—ifnotwithyourrighthand,withyourleft.

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