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Tom-all-Alone’s

           Itisablack,dilapidatedstreet,avoidedbyalldecentpeople,wherethecrazyhouseswereseizedupon,whentheirdecaywasfaradvanced,bysomeboldvagrantswhoafterestablishingtheirownpossessiontooktolettingthemoutinlodgings.Now,thesetumblingtenementscontain,bynight,aswarmofmisery.Asontheruinedhumanwretchverminparasitesappear,sotheseruinedsheltershavebredacrowdoffoulexistencethatcrawlsinandoutofgapsinwallsandboards;andcoilsitselftosleep,inmaggotnumbers,wheretheraindripsin;andcomesandgoes,fetchingandcarryingfeverandsowingmoreevilinitseveryfootprintthanLordCoodle,andSirThomasDoodle,andtheDukeofFoodle,andallthefinegentlemeninoffice,downtoZoodle,shallsetrightinfivehundredyearsthoughbornexpresslytodoit.Twicelatelytherehasbeenacrashandacloudofdust,likethespringingofamine,inTom-all-Alone’s;andeachtimeahousehasfallen.Theseaccidentshavemadeaparagraphinthenewspapersandhavefilledabedortwointhenearesthospital.Thegapsremain,andtherearenotunpopularlodgingsamongtherubbish.Asseveralmorehousesarenearlyreadytogo,thenextcrashinTom-all-Alone’smaybeexpectedtobeagoodone.ThisdesirablepropertyisinChancery,ofcourse.Itwouldbeaninsulttothediscernmentofanymanwithhalfaneyetotellhimso.

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