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Chapter 5

           Insomeofthevesselsatanchorallhandswerebusilyengagedincoilingropes,spreadingoutsailstodry,takinginordischargingtheircargoes;inothersnolifewasvisiblebuttwoorthreetarryboys,andperhapsabarkingdogrunningtoandfrouponthedeckorscramblinguptolookoverthesideandbarkthelouderfortheview.Comingslowlyonthroughtheforestsofmastswasagreatsteamship,beatingthewaterinshortimpatientstrokeswithherheavypaddlesasthoughshewantedroomtobreathe,andadvancinginherhugebulklikeaseamonsteramongtheminnowsoftheThames.Oneitherhandwerelongblacktiersofcolliers;betweenthemvesselsslowlyworkingoutofharbourwithsailsglisteninginthesun,andcreakingnoiseonboard,re-echoedfromahundredquarters.Thewaterandalluponitwasinactivemotion,dancingandbuoyantandbubblingup;whiletheoldgreyTowerandpilesofbuildingontheshore,withmanyachurch-spireshootingupbetween,lookedcoldlyon,andseemedtodisdaintheirchafing,restlessneighbour.

           DanielQuilp,whowasnotmuchaffectedbyabrightmorningsaveinsofarasitsparedhimthetroubleofcarryinganumbrella,causedhimselftobeputashorehardbythewharf,andproceededthitherthroughanarrowlanewhich,partakingoftheamphibiouscharacterofitsfrequenters,hadasmuchwaterasmudinitscomposition,andaveryliberalsupplyofboth.

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