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           NolittleGradgrindhadeverassociatedacowinafieldwiththatfamouscowwiththecrumpledhornwhotossedthedogwhoworriedthecatwhokilledtheratwhoatethemalt,orwiththatyetmorefamouscowwhoswallowedTomThumb:ithadneverheardofthosecelebrities,andhadonlybeenintroducedtoacowasagraminivorousruminatingquadrupedwithseveralstomachs.

           Tohismatter-of-facthome,whichwascalledStoneLodge,Mr.Gradgrinddirectedhissteps.HehadvirtuallyretiredfromthewholesalehardwaretradebeforehebuiltStoneLodge,andwasnowlookingaboutforasuitableopportunityofmakinganarithmeticalfigureinParliament.StoneLodgewassituatedonamoorwithinamileortwoofagreattowncalledCoketowninthepresentfaithfulguide-book.

           Averyregularfeatureonthefaceofthecountry,StoneLodgewas.Nottheleastdisguisetoneddownorshadedoffthatuncompromisingfactinthelandscape.Agreatsquarehouse,withaheavyporticodarkeningtheprincipalwindows,asitsmaster’sheavybrowsovershadowedhiseyes.Acalculated,castup,balanced,andprovedhouse.Sixwindowsonthissideofthedoor,sixonthatside;atotaloftwelveinthiswing,atotaloftwelveintheotherwing;four-and-twentycarriedovertothebackwings.Alawnandgardenandaninfantavenue,allruledstraightlikeabotanicalaccount-book.Gasandventilation,drainageandwater-service,alloftheprimestquality.

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