Chapter 28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

           

           TheopinionofthecommunityoutsidetheprisongatesborehardonClennamastimewenton,andhemadenofriendsamongthecommunitywithin.Toodepressedtoassociatewiththeherdintheyard,whogottogethertoforgettheircares;tooretiringandtoounhappytojoininthepoorsocialitiesofthetavern;hekepthisownroom,andwasheldindistrust.Somesaidhewasproud;someobjectedthathewassullenandreserved;somewerecontemptuousofhim,forthathewasapoor-spiriteddogwhopinedunderhisdebts.Thewholepopulationwereshyofhimonthesevariouscountsofindictment,butespeciallythelast,whichinvolvedaspeciesofdomestictreason;andhesoonbecamesoconfirmedinhisseclusion,thathisonlytimeforwalkingupanddownwaswhentheeveningClubwereassembledattheirsongsandtoastsandsentiments,andwhentheyardwasnearlylefttothewomenandchildren.

           Imprisonmentbegantotelluponhim.Heknewthatheidledandmoped.Afterwhathehadknownoftheinfluencesofimprisonmentwithinthefoursmallwallsoftheveryroomheoccupied,thisconsciousnessmadehimafraidofhimself.Shrinkingfromtheobservationofothermen,andshrinkingfromhisown,hebegantochangeverysensibly.Anybodymightseethattheshadowofthewallwasdarkuponhim.

           Onedaywhenhemighthavebeensometenortwelveweeksinjail,andwhenhehadbeentryingtoreadandhadnotbeenabletoreleaseeventheimaginarypeopleofthebookfromtheMarshalsea,afootstepstoppedathisdoor,andahandtappedatit.

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