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Chapter 52

           Yet,sir,thatboywillcometoabadend;he’llneverdieinhisbed;he’salwaysfallingasleepinsermon-timeandtotellyouthetruth,MrMarton,Ialwaysdidthesameathisage,andfeelquitecertainthatitwasnaturaltomyconstitutionandIcouldn’thelpit.’

           Thishopefulpupiledifiedbytheaboveterriblereproval,thebachelorturnedtoanother.

           ‘Butifwetalkofexamplestobeshunned,’saidhe,‘ifwecometoboysthatshouldbeawarningandabeacontoalltheirfellows,here’stheone,andIhopeyouwon’tsparehim.Thisisthelad,sir;thisonewiththeblueeyesandlighthair.Thisisaswimmer,sir,thisfellowadiver,Lordsaveus!Thisisaboy,sir,whohadafancyforplungingintoeighteenfeetofwater,withhisclotheson,andbringingupablindman’sdog,whowasbeingdrownedbytheweightofhischainandcollar,whilehismasterstoodwringinghishandsuponthebank,bewailingthelossofhisguideandfriend.Isenttheboytwoguineasanonymously,sir,’addedthebachelor,inhispeculiarwhisper,‘directlyIheardofit;butnevermentionitonanyaccount,forhehasn’ttheleastideathatitcamefromme.’

           Havingdisposedofthisculprit,thebachelorturnedtoanother,andfromhimtoanother,andsoonthroughthewholearray,laying,fortheirwholesomerestrictionwithinduebounds,thesamecuttingemphasisonsuchoftheirpropensitiesasweredearesttohisheartandwereunquestionablyreferrabletohisownpreceptandexample

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