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Chapter 4

           Andwhatwouldhavebeenyourdestination?"turningonmeagain."Youwouldhavebeendisposedofforsomanyshillingsaccordingtothemarketpriceofthearticle,andDunstablethebutcherwouldhavecomeuptoyouasyoulayinyourstraw,andhewouldhavewhippedyouunderhisleftarm,andwithhisrighthewouldhavetuckeduphisfrocktogetapenknifefromoutofhiswaistcoat-pocket,andhewouldhaveshedyourbloodandhadyourlife.Nobringingupbyhandthen.Notabitofit!"

           Joeofferedmemoregravy,whichIwasafraidtotake.

           "Hewasaworldoftroubletoyou,ma’am,"saidMrs.Hubble,commiseratingmysister.

           "Trouble?"echoedmysister;"trouble?"andthenenteredonafearfulcatalogueofalltheillnessesIhadbeenguiltyof,andalltheactsofsleeplessnessIhadcommitted,andallthehighplacesIhadtumbledfrom,andallthelowplacesIhadtumbledinto,andalltheinjuriesIhaddonemyself,andallthetimesshehadwishedmeinmygrave,andIhadcontumaciouslyrefusedtogothere.

           IthinktheRomansmusthaveaggravatedoneanotherverymuch,withtheirnoses.Perhaps,theybecametherestlesspeopletheywere,inconsequence.Anyhow,Mr.Wopsle’sRomannosesoaggravatedme,duringtherecitalofmymisdemeanours,thatIshouldhavelikedtopullituntilhehowled.

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