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Chapter 10

           ThismentalexerciselasteduntilBiddymadearushatthemanddistributedthreedefacedBibles(shapedasiftheyhadbeenunskilfullycutoffthechumpendofsomething),moreillegiblyprintedatthebestthananycuriositiesofliteratureIhavesincemetwith,speckledalloverwithironmould,andhavingvariousspecimensoftheinsectworldsmashedbetweentheirleaves.ThispartoftheCoursewasusuallylightenedbyseveralsinglecombatsbetweenBiddyandrefractorystudents.Whenthefightswereover,Biddygaveoutthenumberofapage,andthenweallreadaloudwhatwecouldorwhatwecouldn’tinafrightfulchorus;Biddyleadingwithahigh,shrill,monotonousvoice,andnoneofushavingtheleastnotionof,orreverencefor,whatwewerereadingabout.Whenthishorribledinhadlastedacertaintime,itmechanicallyawokeMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt,whostaggeredataboyfortuitously,andpulledhisears.ThiswasunderstoodtoterminatetheCoursefortheevening,andweemergedintotheairwithshrieksofintellectualvictory.Itisfairtoremarkthattherewasnoprohibitionagainstanypupil’sentertaininghimselfwithaslateorevenwiththeink(whentherewasany),butthatitwasnoteasytopursuethatbranchofstudyinthewinterseason,onaccountofthelittlegeneralshopinwhichtheclasseswereholdenandwhichwasalsoMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt’ssitting-roomandbedchamberbeingbutfaintlyilluminatedthroughtheagencyofonelow-spiriteddip-candleandnosnuffers.

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