Chapter 19

           MorningmadeaconsiderabledifferenceinmygeneralprospectofLife,andbrighteneditsomuchthatitscarcelyseemedthesame.Whatlayheaviestonmymindwas,theconsiderationthatsixdaysintervenedbetweenmeandthedayofdeparture;forIcouldnotdivestmyselfofamisgivingthatsomethingmighthappentoLondoninthemeanwhile,andthat,whenIgotthere,itwouldbeeithergreatlydeterioratedorcleangone.

           JoeandBiddywereverysympatheticandpleasantwhenIspokeofourapproachingseparation;buttheyonlyreferredtoitwhenIdid.Afterbreakfast,Joebroughtoutmyindenturesfromthepressinthebestparlor,andweputtheminthefire,andIfeltthatIwasfree.Withallthenoveltyofmyemancipationonme,IwenttochurchwithJoe,andthoughtperhapstheclergymanwouldn’thavereadthatabouttherichmanandthekingdomofHeaven,ifhehadknownall.

           Afterourearlydinner,Istrolledoutalone,purposingtofinishoffthemarshesatonce,andgetthemdonewith.AsIpassedthechurch,Ifelt(asIhadfeltduringserviceinthemorning)asublimecompassionforthepoorcreatureswhoweredestinedtogothere,SundayafterSunday,alltheirlivesthrough,andtolieobscurelyatlastamongthelowgreenmounds.IpromisedmyselfthatIwoulddosomethingforthemoneofthesedays,andformedaplaninoutlineforbestowingadinnerofroast-beefandplum-pudding,apintofale,andagallonofcondescension,uponeverybodyinthevillage.

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