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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           

           MrPancks,beingbythattimequitereadyforastart,gotundersteaminamoment,and,withoutanyothersignalorceremony,wassnortingdownthestep-ladderandworkingintoBleedingHeartYard,beforeheseemedtobewelloutofthecounting-house.

           Throughouttheremainderoftheday,BleedingHeartYardwasinconsternation,asthegrimPanckscruisedinit;haranguingtheinhabitantsontheirbackslidingsinrespectofpayment,demandinghisbond,breathingnoticestoquitandexecutions,runningdowndefaulters,sendingaswellofterroronbeforehim,andleavingitinhiswake.Knotsofpeople,impelledbyafatalattraction,lurkedoutsideanyhouseinwhichhewasknowntobe,listeningforfragmentsofhisdiscoursestotheinmates;and,whenhewasrumouredtobecomingdownthestairs,oftencouldnotdispersesoquicklybutthathewouldbeprematurelyinamongthem,demandingtheirownarrears,androotingthemtothespot.Throughouttheremainderoftheday,MrPancks’sWhatweretheyupto?andWhatdidtheymeanbyit?soundedallovertheYard.MrPanckswouldn’thearofexcuses,wouldn’thearofcomplaints,wouldn’thearofrepairs,wouldn’thearofanythingbutunconditionalmoneydown.Perspiringandpuffinganddartingaboutineccentricdirections,andbecominghotteranddingiereverymoment,helashedthetideoftheyardintoamostagitatedandturbidstate.Ithadnotsettleddownintocalmwateragainfulltwohoursafterhehadbeenseenfumingawayonthehorizonatthetopofthesteps

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