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Tom’s early life.

           OneJanuaryday,onhisusualbeggingtour,hetrampeddespondentlyupanddowntheregionroundaboutMincingLaneandLittleEastCheap,hourafterhour,bare-footedandcold,lookinginatcook-shopwindowsandlongingforthedreadfulpork-piesandotherdeadlyinventionsdisplayedtherefortohimtheseweredaintiesfitfortheangels; thatis,judgingbythesmell,theywereforithadneverbeenhisgoodlucktoownandeatone. Therewasacolddrizzleofrain;theatmospherewasmurky;itwasamelancholyday. AtnightTomreachedhomesowetandtiredandhungrythatitwasnotpossibleforhisfatherandgrandmothertoobservehisforlornconditionandnotbemovedaftertheirfashion; whereforetheygavehimabriskcuffingatonceandsenthimtobed. Foralongtimehispainandhunger,andtheswearingandfightinggoingoninthebuilding,kepthimawake; butatlasthisthoughtsdriftedawaytofar,romanticlands,andhefellasleepinthecompanyofjewelledandgildedprincelingswholiveinvastpalaces,andhadservantssalaamingbeforethemorflyingtoexecutetheirorders. Andthen,asusual,hedreamedthathewasaprincelinghimself. 

           Allnightlongthegloriesofhisroyalestateshoneuponhim; hemovedamonggreatlordsandladies,inablazeoflight,breathingperfumes,drinkingindeliciousmusic,andansweringthereverentobeisancesoftheglitteringthrongasitpartedtomakewayforhim,withhereasmile,andthereanodofhisprincelyhead. 

           Andwhenheawokeinthemorningandlookeduponthewretchednessabouthim,hisdreamhadhaditsusualeffectithadintensifiedthesordidnessofhissurroundingsathousandfold. Thencamebitterness,andheart-break,andtears. 

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