Chapter 6

           Themonth’strialover,Oliverwasformallyapprenticed.Itwasanicesicklyseasonjustatthistime.Incommercialphrase,coffinswerelookingup;and,inthecourseofafewweeks,Oliveracquiredagreatdealofexperience.ThesuccessofMr.Sowerberry’singeniousspeculation,exceededevenhismostsanguinehopes.Theoldestinhabitantsrecollectednoperiodatwhichmeasleshadbeensoprevalent,orsofataltoinfantexistence;andmanywerethemournfulprocessionswhichlittleOliverheaded,inahat-bandreachingdowntohisknees,totheindescribableadmirationandemotionofallthemothersinthetown.AsOliveraccompaniedhismasterinmostofhisadultexpeditionstoo,inorderthathemightacquirethatequanimityofdemeanourandfullcommandofnervewhichwasessentialtoafinishedundertaker,hehadmanyopportunitiesofobservingthebeautifulresignationandfortitudewithwhichsomestrong-mindedpeoplebeartheirtrialsandlosses.

           Forinstance;whenSowerberryhadanorderfortheburialofsomericholdladyorgentleman,whowassurroundedbyagreatnumberofnephewsandnieces,whohadbeenperfectlyinconsolableduringthepreviousillness,andwhosegriefhadbeenwhollyirrepressibleevenonthemostpublicoccasions,theywouldbeashappyamongthemselvesasneedbequitecheerfulandcontentedconversingtogetherwithasmuchfreedomandgaiety,asifnothingwhateverhadhappenedtodisturbthem.Husbands,too,borethelossoftheirwiveswiththemostheroiccalmness.Wives,again,putonweedsfortheirhusbands,asif,sofarfromgrievinginthegarbofsorrow,theyhadmadeuptheirmindstorenderitasbecomingandattractiveaspossible.Itwasobservable,too,thatladiesandgentlemenwhowereinpassionsofanguishduringtheceremonyofinterment,recoveredalmostassoonastheyreachedhome,andbecamequitecomposedbeforethetea-drinkingwasover.Allthiswasverypleasantandimprovingtosee;andOliverbehelditwithgreatadmiration.

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