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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           

           TherewereseveralsmallassemblagesoftheBleedingHeartsatthepopularpointsofmeetingintheYardthatnight,amongwhomitwasuniversallyagreedthatMrPanckswasahardmantohavetodowith;andthatitwasmuchtoberegretted,soitwas,thatagentlemanlikeMrCasbyshouldputhisrentsinhishands,andneverknowhiminhistruelight.For(saidtheBleedingHearts),ifagentlemanwiththatheadofhairandthemeyestookhisrentsintohisownhands,ma’am,therewouldbenoneofthisworritingandwearing,andthingswouldbeverydifferent.

           Atwhichidenticaleveninghourandminute,thePatriarch—whohadfloatedserenelythroughtheYardintheforenoonbeforetheharryingbegan,withtheexpressdesignofgettingupthistrustfulnessinhisshiningbumpsandsilkenlocks—atwhichidenticalhourandminute,thatfirst-ratehumbugofathousandgunswasheavilyflounderinginthelittleDockofhisexhaustedTugathome,andwassaying,asheturnedhisthumbs:

           ‘Averybadday’swork,Pancks,verybadday’swork.Itseemstome,sir,andImustinsistonmakingthisobservationforciblyinjusticetomyself,thatyououghttohavegotmuchmoremoney,muchmoremoney.’

           

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