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Chapter 31

           Waldengarver,withanairofdignity,inspiteofhisbeinggroundagainstthewallatthetime,andholdingonbytheseatofthechair.

           "ButI’lltellyouonething,Mr.Waldengarver,"saidthemanwhowasonhisknees,"inwhichyou’reoutinyourreading.Nowmind!Idon’tcarewhosayscontrairy;Itellyouso.You’reoutinyourreadingofHamletwhenyougetyourlegsinprofile.ThelastHamletasIdressed,madethesamemistakesinhisreadingatrehearsal,tillIgothimtoputalargeredwaferoneachofhisshins,andthenatthatrehearsal(whichwasthelast)Iwentinfront,sir,tothebackofthepit,andwheneverhisreadingbroughthimintoprofile,Icalledout"Idon’tseenowafers!"Andatnighthisreadingwaslovely."

           Mr.Waldengarversmiledatme,asmuchastosay"afaithfulDependentIoverlookhisfolly;"andthensaidaloud,"Myviewisalittleclassicandthoughtfulforthemhere;buttheywillimprove,theywillimprove."

           HerbertandIsaidtogether,O,nodoubttheywouldimprove.

           "Didyouobserve,gentlemen,"saidMr.Waldengarver,"thattherewasamaninthegallerywhoendeavoredtocastderisionontheserviceImean,therepresentation?"

           Webaselyrepliedthatweratherthoughtwehadnoticedsuchaman.Iadded,"Hewasdrunk,nodoubt."

           "Odearno,sir,"saidMr.Wopsle,"notdrunk.Hisemployerwouldseetothat,sir.Hisemployerwouldnotallowhimtobedrunk.

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