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Chapter 42

           

           ‘I’majollyoldtender-heartedlamb,Iam,’criedMrJowl,‘tobesittinghereatmytimeoflifegivingadvicewhenIknowitwon’tbetaken,andthatIshallgetnothingbutabuseformypains.Butthat’sthewayI’vegonethroughlife.Experiencehasneverputachilluponmywarm-heartedness.’

           ‘Itellyouhe’sverysorry,don’tI?’remonstratedIsaacList,‘andthathewishesyou’dgoon.’

           ‘Doeshewishit?’saidtheother.

           ‘Ay,’groanedtheoldmansittingdown,androckinghimselftoandfro.‘Goon,goon.It’sinvaintofightwithit;Ican’tdoit;goon.’

           ‘Igoonthen,’saidJowl,‘whereIleftoff,whenyougotupsoquick.Ifyou’repersuadedthatit’stimeforlucktoturn,asitcertainlyis,andfindthatyouhaven’tmeansenoughtotryit(andthat’swhereitis,foryouknow,yourself,thatyouneverhavethefundstokeeponlongenoughatasitting),helpyourselftowhatseemsputinyourwayonpurpose.Borrowit,Isay,and,whenyou’reable,payitbackagain.’

           ‘Certainly,’IsaacListstruckin,‘ifthisgoodladyaskeepsthewax-workshasmoney,anddoeskeepitinatinboxwhenshegoestobed,anddoesn’tlockherdoorforfearoffire,itseemsaeasything;quiteaProvidence,IshouldcallitbutthenI’vebeenreligiouslybroughtup.

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