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Chapter 23

           Itwasasmoothwayofgoingon,perhaps,inrespectofsavingtrouble;butithadtheappearanceofbeingexpensive,fortheservantsfeltitadutytheyowedtothemselvestobeniceintheireatinganddrinking,andtokeepadealofcompanydownstairs.TheyallowedaveryliberaltabletoMr.andMrs.Pocket,yetitalwaysappearedtomethatbyfarthebestpartofthehousetohaveboardedinwouldhavebeenthekitchenalwayssupposingtheboardercapableofself-defence,for,beforeIhadbeenthereaweek,aneighboringladywithwhomthefamilywerepersonallyunacquainted,wroteintosaythatshehadseenMillersslappingthebaby.ThisgreatlydistressedMrs.Pocket,whoburstintotearsonreceivingthenote,andsaidthatitwasanextraordinarythingthattheneighborscouldn’tmindtheirownbusiness.

           BydegreesIlearnt,andchieflyfromHerbert,thatMr.PockethadbeeneducatedatHarrowandatCambridge,wherehehaddistinguishedhimself;butthatwhenhehadhadthehappinessofmarryingMrs.Pocketveryearlyinlife,hehadimpairedhisprospectsandtakenupthecallingofaGrinder.Aftergrindinganumberofdullbladesofwhomitwasremarkablethattheirfathers,wheninfluential,werealwaysgoingtohelphimtopreferment,butalwaysforgottodoitwhenthebladeshadlefttheGrindstonehehadweariedofthatpoorworkandhadcometoLondon.

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