Reaping

Effects in the Bank

           

           Asunnymidsummerday.Therewassuchathingsometimes,eveninCoketown.

           Seenfromadistanceinsuchweather,Coketownlayshroudedinahazeofitsown,whichappearedimpervioustothesun’srays.Youonlyknewthetownwasthere,becauseyouknewtherecouldhavebeennosuchsulkyblotchupontheprospectwithoutatown.Ablurofsootandsmoke,nowconfusedlytendingthisway,nowthatway,nowaspiringtothevaultofHeaven,nowmurkilycreepingalongtheearth,asthewindroseandfell,orchangeditsquarter:adenseformlessjumble,withsheetsofcrosslightinit,thatshowednothingbutmassesofdarkness:Coketowninthedistancewassuggestiveofitself,thoughnotabrickofitcouldbeseen.

           Thewonderwas,itwasthereatall.Ithadbeenruinedsooften,thatitwasamazinghowithadbornesomanyshocks.Surelythereneverwassuchfragilechina-wareasthatofwhichthemillersofCoketownweremade.Handlethemneversolightly,andtheyfelltopieceswithsucheasethatyoumightsuspectthemofhavingbeenflawedbefore.Theywereruined,whentheywererequiredtosendlabouringchildrentoschool;theywereruinedwheninspectorswereappointedtolookintotheirworks;theywereruined,whensuchinspectorsconsidereditdoubtfulwhethertheywerequitejustifiedinchoppingpeopleupwiththeirmachinery;theywereutterlyundone,whenitwashintedthatperhapstheyneednotalwaysmakequitesomuchsmoke.BesidesMr.Bounderby’sgoldspoonwhichwasgenerallyreceivedinCoketown,anotherprevalentfictionwasverypopularthere.

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