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Chapter 53

           For,saysOldOrlicktohimself,‘SomehoworanotherI’llhavehim!’What!WhenIlooksforyou,IfindsyouruncleProvis,eh?"

           MillPondBank,andChinks’sBasin,andtheOldGreenCopperRopewalk,allsoclearandplain!Provisinhisrooms,thesignalwhoseusewasover,prettyClara,thegoodmotherlywoman,oldBillBarleyonhisback,alldriftingby,asontheswiftstreamofmylifefastrunningouttosea!

           "Youwithauncletoo!Why,Iknow’dyouatGargery’swhenyouwassosmallawolfthatIcouldhavetookyourweazenbetwixtthisfingerandthumbandchuckedyouawaydead(asI’dthoughtso’doing,oddtimes,whenIseeyouloiteringamongstthepollardsonaSunday),andyouhadn’tfoundnounclesthen.No,notyou!ButwhenOldOrlickcomefortohearthatyouruncleProvishadmostlikeworetheleg-ironwotOldOrlickhadpickedup,filedasunder,onthesemesheseversomanyyearago,andwothekepbyhimtillhedroppedyoursisterwithit,likeabullock,ashemeanstodropyouhey?whenhecomefortohearthathey?"

           Inhissavagetaunting,heflaredthecandlesocloseatmethatIturnedmyfaceasidetosaveitfromtheflame.

           "Ah!"hecried,laughing,afterdoingitagain,"theburntchilddreadsthefire!OldOrlickknowedyouwasburnt,OldOrlickknowedyouwassmugglingyouruncleProvisaway,OldOrlick’samatchforyouandknow’dyou’dcometo-night!NowI’lltellyousomethingmore,wolf,andthisendsit.

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