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Chapter 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations

           Butitwasmanyyearsago;andnowhewaslikeapassengeraboardshipinalongvoyage,whohasrecoveredfromsea-sickness,andisimpatientofthatweaknessinthefresherpassengerstakenaboardatthelastport.Hewasinclinedtoremonstrate,andtoexpresshisopinionthatpeoplewhocouldn’tgetonwithoutcrying,hadnobusinessthere.Inmanner,ifnotinwords,healwaystestifiedhisdispleasureattheseinterruptionsofthegeneralharmony;anditwassowellunderstood,thatdelinquentsusuallywithdrewiftheywereawareofhim.

           OnthisSundayevening,heaccompaniedhisbrothertothegatewithanairofenduranceandclemency;beinginablandtemperandgraciouslydisposedtooverlookthetears.IntheflaringgaslightoftheLodge,severalCollegianswerebasking;sometakingleaveofvisitors,andsomewhohadnovisitors,watchingthefrequentturningofthekey,andconversingwithoneanotherandwithMrChivery.Thepaternalentrancemadeasensationofcourse;andMrChivery,touchinghishat(inashortmannerthough)withhiskey,hopedhefoundhimselftolerable.

           ‘Thankyou,Chivery,quitewell.Andyou?’

           MrChiverysaidinalowgrowl,‘Oh!hewasallright.’Whichwashisgeneralwayofacknowledginginquiriesafterhishealthwhenalittlesullen.

           ‘IhadavisitfromYoungJohnto-day,Chivery.Andverysmarthelooked,Iassureyou.’

           SoMrChiveryhadheard.MrChiverymustconfess,however,thathiswishwasthattheboydidn’tlayoutsomuchmoneyuponit.Forwhatdiditbringhimin?Itonlybroughthiminwexation.Andhecouldgetthatanywherefornothing.

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