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Chapter 28

           

           Allthis,Nellrepeatedtwiceorthrice:pointingtothefingerandtheneedleattherighttimes:andthenpassedontothenext.

           ‘That,ladiesandgentlemen,’saidMrsJarley,‘isJasperPacklemertonofatrociousmemory,whocourtedandmarriedfourteenwives,anddestroyedthemall,byticklingthesolesoftheirfeetwhentheyweresleepingintheconsciousnessofinnocenceandvirtue.Onbeingbroughttothescaffoldandaskedifhewassorryforwhathehaddone,herepliedyes,hewassorryforhavinglet‘emoffsoeasy,andhopedallChristianhusbandswouldpardonhimtheoffence.Letthisbeawarningtoallyoungladiestobeparticularinthecharacterofthegentlemenoftheirchoice.Observethathisfingersarecurledasifintheactoftickling,andthathisfaceisrepresentedwithawink,asheappearedwhencommittinghisbarbarousmurders.’

           WhenNellknewallaboutMrPacklemerton,andcouldsayitwithoutfaltering,MrsJarleypassedontothefatman,andthentothethinman,thetallman,theshortman,theoldladywhodiedofdancingatahundredandthirty-two,thewildboyofthewoods,thewomanwhopoisonedfourteenfamilieswithpickledwalnuts,andotherhistoricalcharactersandinterestingbutmisguidedindividuals.AndsowelldidNellprofitbyherinstructions,andsoaptwasshetorememberthem,thatbythetimetheyhadbeenshutuptogetherforacoupleofhours,shewasinfullpossessionofthehistoryofthewholeestablishment,andperfectlycompetenttotheenlightenmentofvisitors.

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