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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

           Thenursewilllookinatthecurtains,andyoutakenonoticeandthenshewillflingopenthewindowsforalittleandletintheair.Thentheywillpulldownallthefrontblindsofthehouseandliveinthebackroomsthentheywillsendforthelawyerandothermeninblack,&c.Yourcomedyandminewillhavebeenplayedthen,andweshallberemoved,oh,howfar,fromthetrumpets,andtheshouting,andtheposture-making.Ifwearegentlefolkstheywillputhatchmentsoverourlatedomicile,withgiltcherubim,andmottoesstatingthatthereis"QuietinHeaven."Yoursonwillnewfurnishthehouse,orperhapsletit,andgointoamoremodernquarter;yournamewillbeamongthe"MembersDeceased"inthelistsofyourclubsnextyear.Howevermuchyoumaybemourned,yourwidowwillliketohaveherweedsneatlymadethecookwillsendorcomeuptoaskaboutdinnerthesurvivorwillsoonbeartolookatyourpictureoverthemantelpiece,whichwillpresentlybedeposedfromtheplaceofhonour,tomakewayfortheportraitofthesonwhoreigns.

           Whichofthedeadaremosttenderlyandpassionatelydeplored?Thosewholovethesurvivorstheleast,Ibelieve.Thedeathofachildoccasionsapassionofgriefandfrantictears,suchasyourend,brotherreader,willneverinspire.

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