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Chapter 23

           Ishegrateful,ma’am?Ishegrateful?Notacopperfarthing’sworthofit!Whatdoeshedo,ma’am,butaskforafewcoals;ifit’sonlyapockethandkerchieffull,hesays!Coals!Whatwouldhedowithcoals?Toasthischeesewith’emandthencomebackformore.That’sthewaywiththesepeople,ma’am;give’emaapronfullofcoalsto-day,andthey’llcomebackforanother,thedayafterto-morrow,asbrazenasalabaster.

           Thematronexpressedherentireconcurrenceinthisintelligiblesimile;andthebeadlewenton.

           ‘Inever,’saidMr.Bumble,‘seeanythinglikethepitchit’sgotto.Thedayaforeyesterday,amanyouhavebeenamarriedwoman,ma’am,andImaymentionittoyouaman,withhardlyaraguponhisback(hereMrs.Corneylookedatthefloor),goestoouroverseer’sdoorwhenhehasgotcompanycomingtodinner;andsays,hemustberelieved,Mrs.Corney.Ashewouldn’tgoaway,andshockedthecompanyverymuch,ouroverseersenthimoutapoundofpotatoesandhalfapintofoatmeal."Myheart!"saystheungratefulvillain,"what’stheuseofTHIStome?Youmightaswellgivemeapairofironspectacles!’"Verygood,"saysouroverseer,taking’emawayagain,"youwon’tgetanythingelsehere.""ThenI’lldieinthestreets!"saysthevagrant."Ohno,youwon’t,"saysouroverseer.

           ‘Ha!ha!Thatwasverygood!SolikeMr.Grannett,wasn’tit?’interposedthematron.‘Well,Mr.

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