Sissy’s Progress

           

           SissyJupehadnotaneasytimeofit,betweenMr.M’ChoakumchildandMrs.Gradgrind,andwasnotwithoutstrongimpulses,inthefirstmonthsofherprobation,torunaway.Ithailedfactsalldaylongsoveryhard,andlifeingeneralwasopenedtoherassuchacloselyruledciphering-book,thatassuredlyshewouldhaverunaway,butforonlyonerestraint.

           Itislamentabletothinkof;butthisrestraintwastheresultofnoarithmeticalprocess,wasself-imposedindefianceofallcalculation,andwentdeadagainstanytableofprobabilitiesthatanyActuarywouldhavedrawnupfromthepremises.Thegirlbelievedthatherfatherhadnotdesertedher;shelivedinthehopethathewouldcomeback,andinthefaiththathewouldbemadethehappierbyherremainingwhereshewas.

           ThewretchedignorancewithwhichJupeclungtothisconsolation,rejectingthesuperiorcomfortofknowing,onasoundarithmeticalbasis,thatherfatherwasanunnaturalvagabond,filledMr.Gradgrindwithpity.

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