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Chapter 35

           Theremainsofmypoorsisterhadbeenbroughtroundbythekitchendoor,and,itbeingapointofUndertakingceremonythatthesixbearersmustbestifledandblindedunderahorribleblackvelvethousingwithawhiteborder,thewholelookedlikeablindmonsterwithtwelvehumanlegs,shufflingandblunderingalong,undertheguidanceoftwokeepersthepostboyandhiscomrade.

           Theneighborhood,however,highlyapprovedofthesearrangements,andweweremuchadmiredaswewentthroughthevillage;themoreyouthfulandvigorouspartofthecommunitymakingdashesnowandthentocutusoff,andlyinginwaittointerceptusatpointsofvantage.Atsuchtimesthemoreexuberantamongthemcalledoutinanexcitedmanneronouremergenceroundsomecornerofexpectancy,"Heretheycome!""Heretheyare!"andwewereallbutcheered.InthisprogressIwasmuchannoyedbytheabjectPumblechook,who,beingbehindme,persistedallthewayasadelicateattentioninarrangingmystreaminghatband,andsmoothingmycloak.MythoughtswerefurtherdistractedbytheexcessiveprideofMr.andMrs.Hubble,whoweresurpassinglyconceitedandvaingloriousinbeingmembersofsodistinguishedaprocession.

           Andnowtherangeofmarsheslayclearbeforeus,withthesailsoftheshipsontherivergrowingoutofit;andwewentintothechurchyard,closetothegravesofmyunknownparents,PhilipPirrip,lateofthisparish,andAlsoGeorgiana,WifeoftheAbove.

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