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Husband and Wife

           ThedeadlystatisticalrecorderintheGradgrindobservatoryknockedeverysecondontheheadasitwasborn,andburieditwithhisaccustomedregularity.

           Sothedaycame,asallotherdayscometopeoplewhowillonlysticktoreason;andwhenitcame,thereweremarriedinthechurchofthefloridwoodenlegsthatpopularorderofarchitectureJosiahBounderbyEsquireofCoketown,toLouisaeldestdaughterofThomasGradgrindEsquireofStoneLodge,M.P.forthatborough.Andwhentheywereunitedinholymatrimony,theywenthometobreakfastatStoneLodgeaforesaid.

           Therewasanimprovingpartyassembledontheauspiciousoccasion,whoknewwhateverythingtheyhadtoeatanddrinkwasmadeof,andhowitwasimportedorexported,andinwhatquantities,andinwhatbottoms,whethernativeorforeign,andallaboutit.Thebridesmaids,downtolittleJaneGradgrind,were,inanintellectualpointofview,fithelpmatesforthecalculatingboy;andtherewasnononsenseaboutanyofthecompany.

           Afterbreakfast,thebridegroomaddressedtheminthefollowingterms:

           ‘Ladiesandgentlemen,IamJosiahBounderbyofCoketown.Sinceyouhavedonemywifeandmyselfthehonourofdrinkingourhealthsandhappiness,IsupposeImustacknowledgethesame;though,asyouallknowme,andknowwhatIam,andwhatmyextractionwas,youwon’texpectaspeechfromamanwho,whenheseesaPost,says“that’saPost,”andwhenheseesaPump,says“that’saPump,”andisnottobegottocallaPostaPump,oraPumpaPost,oreitherofthemaToothpick.

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