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Chapter 25. Conspirators and Others

           However,theBleedingHeartswerekindhearts;andwhentheysawthelittlefellowcheerilylimpingaboutwithagood-humouredface,doingnoharm,drawingnoknives,committingnooutrageousimmoralities,livingchieflyonfarinaceousandmilkdiet,andplayingwithMrsPlornish’schildrenofanevening,theybegantothinkthatalthoughhecouldneverhopetobeanEnglishman,stillitwouldbehardtovisitthatafflictiononhishead.Theybegantoaccommodatethemselvestohislevel,callinghim‘MrBaptist,’buttreatinghimlikeababy,andlaughingimmoderatelyathislivelygesturesandhischildishEnglish—more,becausehedidn’tmindit,andlaughedtoo.Theyspoketohiminveryloudvoicesasifhewerestonedeaf.Theyconstructedsentences,bywayofteachinghimthelanguageinitspurity,suchaswereaddressedbythesavagestoCaptainCook,orbyFridaytoRobinsonCrusoe.MrsPlornishwasparticularlyingeniousinthisart;andattainedsomuchcelebrityforsaying‘Meopeyoulegwellsoon,’thatitwasconsideredintheYardbutaveryshortremoveindeedfromspeakingItalian.EvenMrsPlornishherselfbegantothinkthatshehadanaturalcalltowardsthatlanguage.

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