The Keynote

           

           Coketown,towhichMessrs.BounderbyandGradgrindnowwalked,wasatriumphoffact;ithadnogreatertaintoffancyinitthanMrs.Gradgrindherself.Letusstrikethekey-note,Coketown,beforepursuingourtune.

           Itwasatownofredbrick,orofbrickthatwouldhavebeenredifthesmokeandasheshadallowedit;butasmattersstood,itwasatownofunnaturalredandblacklikethepaintedfaceofasavage.Itwasatownofmachineryandtallchimneys,outofwhichinterminableserpentsofsmoketrailedthemselvesforeverandever,andnevergotuncoiled.Ithadablackcanalinit,andariverthatranpurplewithill-smellingdye,andvastpilesofbuildingfullofwindowswheretherewasarattlingandatremblingalldaylong,andwherethepistonofthesteam-engineworkedmonotonouslyupanddown,liketheheadofanelephantinastateofmelancholymadness.Itcontainedseverallargestreetsallverylikeoneanother,andmanysmallstreetsstillmorelikeoneanother,inhabitedbypeopleequallylikeoneanother,whoallwentinandoutatthesamehours,withthesamesounduponthesamepavements,todothesamework,andtowhomeverydaywasthesameasyesterdayandto-morrow,andeveryyearthecounterpartofthelastandthenext.

           TheseattributesofCoketownwereinthemaininseparablefromtheworkbywhichitwassustained;againstthemweretobesetoff,comfortsoflifewhichfoundtheirwayallovertheworld,andeleganciesoflifewhichmade,wewillnotaskhowmuchofthefinelady,whocouldscarcelybeartoheartheplacementioned.

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