Mr. James Harthouse

           

           TheGradgrindpartywantedassistanceincuttingthethroatsoftheGraces.Theywentaboutrecruiting;andwherecouldtheyenlistrecruitsmorehopefully,thanamongthefinegentlemenwho,havingfoundouteverythingtobeworthnothing,wereequallyreadyforanything?

           Moreover,thehealthyspiritswhohadmountedtothissublimeheightwereattractivetomanyoftheGradgrindschool.Theylikedfinegentlemen;theypretendedthattheydidnot,buttheydid.Theybecameexhaustedinimitationofthem;andtheyyaw-yawedintheirspeechlikethem;andtheyservedout,withanenervatedair,thelittlemouldyrationsofpoliticaleconomy,onwhichtheyregaledtheirdisciples.Thereneverbeforewasseenonearthsuchawonderfulhybridraceaswasthusproduced.

           AmongthefinegentlemennotregularlybelongingtotheGradgrindschool,therewasoneofagoodfamilyandabetterappearance,withahappyturnofhumourwhichhadtoldimmenselywiththeHouseofCommonsontheoccasionofhisentertainingitwithhis(andtheBoardofDirectors)viewofarailwayaccident,inwhichthemostcarefulofficerseverknown,employedbythemostliberalmanagerseverheardof,assistedbythefinestmechanicalcontrivanceseverdevised,thewholeinactiononthebestlineeverconstructed,hadkilledfivepeopleandwoundedthirty-two,byacasualtywithoutwhichtheexcellenceofthewholesystemwouldhavebeenpositivelyincomplete.Amongtheslainwasacow,andamongthescatteredarticlesunowned,awidow’scap.

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