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Tom-all-Alone’s

           Shehasflittedawaytotown,withnointentionofremainingthere,andwillsoonflithitheragain,totheconfusionofthefashionableintelligence.Thehouseintownisnotpreparedforherreception.Itismuffledanddreary.OnlyoneMercuryinpowdergapesdisconsolateatthehall-window;andhementionedlastnighttoanotherMercuryofhisacquaintance,alsoaccustomedtogoodsociety,thatifthatsortofthingwastolastwhichitcouldn’t,foramanofhisspiritscouldn’tbearit,andamanofhisfigurecouldn’tbeexpectedtobearittherewouldbenoresourceforhim,uponhishonour,buttocuthisthroat!WhatconnexioncantherebebetweentheplaceinLincolnshire,thehouseintown,theMercuryinpowder,andthewhereaboutofJotheoutlawwiththebroom,whohadthatdistantrayoflightuponhimwhenhesweptthechurchyard-step?Whatconnexioncantherehavebeenbetweenmanypeopleintheinnumerablehistoriesofthisworldwhofromoppositesidesofgreatgulfshave,nevertheless,beenverycuriouslybroughttogether!Josweepshiscrossingalldaylong,unconsciousofthelink,ifanylinktherebe.Hesumsuphismentalconditionwhenaskedaquestionbyreplyingthathe"don’tknownothink."Heknowsthatit’shardtokeepthemudoffthecrossingindirtyweather,andharderstilltolivebydoingit.Nobodytaughthimeventhatmuch;hefounditout.Jolivesthatistosay,JohasnotyetdiedinaruinousplaceknowntothelikeofhimbythenameofTom-all-Alone’s.

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