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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           Thethreefriendsdinedtogetherontheauspiciousoccasion;thefactoryandthefactorywivesandchildrenmadeholidayanddinedtoo;evenBleedingHeartYarddinedandwasfullofmeat.Twomonthshadbarelygonebyinall,whenBleedingHeartYardhadbecomesofamiliarwithshort-commonsagain,thatthetreatwasforgottenthere;whennothingseemednewinthepartnershipbutthepaintoftheinscriptiononthedoor-posts,DOYCEANDCLENNAM;whenitappearedeventoClennamhimself,thathehadhadtheaffairsofthefirminhismindforyears.

           Thelittlecounting-housereservedforhisownoccupation,wasaroomofwoodandglassattheendofalonglowworkshop,filledwithbenches,andvices,andtools,andstraps,andwheels;which,whentheywereingearwiththesteam-engine,wenttearingroundasthoughtheyhadasuicidalmissiontogrindthebusinesstodustandtearthefactorytopieces.Acommunicationofgreattrap-doorsinthefloorandroofwiththeworkshopaboveandtheworkshopbelow,madeashaftoflightinthisperspective,whichbroughttoClennam’smindthechild’soldpicture-book,wheresimilarrayswerethewitnessesofAbel’smurder.Thenoisesweresufficientlyremovedandshutoutfromthecounting-housetoblendintoabusyhum,interspersedwithperiodicalclinksandthumps.Thepatientfiguresatworkwereswarthywiththefilingsofironandsteelthatdancedoneverybenchandbubbledupthrougheverychinkintheplanking.Theworkshopwasarrivedatbyastep-ladderfromtheouteryardbelow,whereitservedasashelterforthelargegrindstonewheretoolsweresharpened.

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