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Chapter 4

           "Everybodythenmurmured"True!"andlookedatmeinaparticularlyunpleasantandpersonalmanner.

           Joe’sstationandinfluenceweresomethingfeebler(ifpossible)whentherewascompanythanwhentherewasnone.Buthealwaysaidedandcomfortedmewhenhecould,insomewayofhisown,andhealwaysdidsoatdinner-timebygivingmegravy,iftherewereany.Therebeingplentyofgravyto-day,Joespoonedintomyplate,atthispoint,abouthalfapint.

           Alittlelateroninthedinner,Mr.Wopslereviewedthesermonwithsomeseverity,andintimatedintheusualhypotheticalcaseoftheChurchbeing"thrownopen"—whatkindofsermonhewouldhavegiventhem.Afterfavoringthemwithsomeheadsofthatdiscourse,heremarkedthatheconsideredthesubjectoftheday’shomily,illchosen;whichwasthelessexcusable,headded,whenthereweresomanysubjects"goingabout."

           "Trueagain,"saidUnclePumblechook."You’vehitit,sir!Plentyofsubjectsgoingabout,forthemthatknowhowtoputsaltupontheirtails.That’swhat’swanted.Amanneedn’tgofartofindasubject,ifhe’sreadywithhissalt-box."Mr.Pumblechookadded,afterashortintervalofreflection,"LookatPorkalone.There’sasubject!Ifyouwantasubject,lookatPork!"

           "True,sir.Manyamoralfortheyoung,"returnedMr.WopsleandIknewhewasgoingtolugmein,beforehesaidit;"mightbededucedfromthattext.

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