A Dissolution of Partnership

           Ididnotallowmyresolution,withrespecttotheParliamentaryDebates,tocool.ItwasoneoftheironsIbegantoheatimmediately,andoneoftheironsIkepthot,andhammeredat,withaperseveranceImayhonestlyadmire.Iboughtanapprovedschemeofthenobleartandmysteryofstenography(whichcostmetenandsixpence);andplungedintoaseaofperplexitythatbroughtme,inafewweeks,totheconfinesofdistraction.Thechangesthatwererungupondots,whichinsuchapositionmeantsuchathing,andinsuchanotherpositionsomethingelse,entirelydifferent;thewonderfulvagariesthatwereplayedbycircles;theunaccountableconsequencesthatresultedfrommarkslikeflies’legs;thetremendouseffectsofacurveinawrongplace;notonlytroubledmywakinghours,butreappearedbeforemeinmysleep.WhenIhadgropedmyway,blindly,throughthesedifficulties,andhadmasteredthealphabet,whichwasanEgyptianTempleinitself,therethenappearedaprocessionofnewhorrors,calledarbitrarycharacters;themostdespoticcharactersIhaveeverknown;whoinsisted,forinstance,thatathinglikethebeginningofacobweb,meantexpectation,andthatapen-and-inksky-rocket,stoodfordisadvantageous.WhenIhadfixedthesewretchesinmymind,Ifoundthattheyhaddriveneverythingelseoutofit;then,beginningagain,Iforgotthem;whileIwaspickingthemup,Idroppedtheotherfragmentsofthesystem;inshort,itwasalmostheart-breaking.

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