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Chapter 28

           Iamobligedtowalk,verymuchagainstmywill;butthepeopleexpectitofme,andpubliccharacterscan’tbetheirownmastersandmistressesinsuchmattersasthese.HowdoIlook,child?’

           Nellreturnedasatisfactoryreply,andMrsJarley,afterstickingagreatmanypinsintovariouspartsofherfigure,andmakingseveralabortiveattemptstoobtainafullviewofherownback,wasatlastsatisfiedwithherappearance,andwentforthmajestically.

           Thecaravanfollowedatnogreatdistance.Asitwentjoltingthroughthestreets,Nellpeepedfromthewindow,curioustoseeinwhatkindofplacetheywere,andyetfearfulofencounteringateveryturnthedreadedfaceofQuilp.Itwasaprettylargetown,withanopensquarewhichtheywerecrawlingslowlyacross,andinthemiddleofwhichwastheTown-Hall,withaclock-towerandaweather-cock.Therewerehousesofstone,housesofredbrick,housesofyellowbrick,housesoflathandplaster;andhousesofwood,manyofthemveryold,withwitheredfacescarveduponthebeams,andstaringdownintothestreet.Thesehadverylittlewinkingwindows,andlow-archeddoors,and,insomeofthenarrowerways,quiteoverhungthepavement.Thestreetswereveryclean,verysunny,veryempty,andverydull.

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