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Chapter 5

           Herehebynomeansdiminishedtheimpressionhehadjustproduced,forheatehardeggs,shellandall,devouredgiganticprawnswiththeheadsandtailson,chewedtobaccoandwater-cressesatthesametimeandwithextraordinarygreediness,drankboilingteawithoutwinking,bithisforkandspoontilltheybentagain,andinshortperformedsomanyhorrifyinganduncommonactsthatthewomenwerenearlyfrightenedoutoftheirwits,andbegantodoubtifhewerereallyahumancreature.Atlast,havinggonethroughtheseproceedingsandmanyotherswhichwereequallyapartofhissystem,MrQuilpleftthem,reducedtoaveryobedientandhumbledstate,andbetookhimselftotheriver-side,wherehetookboatforthewharfonwhichhehadbestowedhisname.

           ItwasfloodtidewhenDanielQuilpsathimselfdownintheferrytocrosstotheoppositeshore.Afleetofbargeswerecominglazilyon,somesideways,someheadfirst,somesternfirst;allinawrong-headed,dogged,obstinateway,bumpingupagainstthelargercraft,runningunderthebowsofsteamboats,gettingintoeverykindofnookandcornerwheretheyhadnobusiness,andbeingcrunchedonallsideslikesomanywalnut-shells;whileeachwithitspairoflongsweepsstrugglingandsplashinginthewaterlookedlikesomelumberingfishinpain.

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