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Chapter 27

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           IreallybelieveJoewouldhaveprolongedthisword(mightilyexpressivetomymindofsomearchitecturethatIknow)intoaperfectChorus,butforhisattentionbeingprovidentiallyattractedbyhishat,whichwastoppling.Indeed,itdemandedfromhimaconstantattention,andaquicknessofeyeandhand,verylikethatexactedbywicket-keeping.Hemadeextraordinaryplaywithit,andshowedthegreatestskill;now,rushingatitandcatchingitneatlyasitdropped;now,merelystoppingitmidway,beatingitup,andhumoringitinvariouspartsoftheroomandagainstagooddealofthepatternofthepaperonthewall,beforehefeltitsafetoclosewithit;finallysplashingitintotheslop-basin,whereItookthelibertyoflayinghandsuponit.

           Astohisshirt-collar,andhiscoat-collar,theywereperplexingtoreflectuponinsolublemysteriesboth.Whyshouldamanscrapehimselftothatextent,beforehecouldconsiderhimselffulldressed?Whyshouldhesupposeitnecessarytobepurifiedbysufferingforhisholidayclothes?Thenhefellintosuchunaccountablefitsofmeditation,withhisforkmidwaybetweenhisplateandhismouth;hadhiseyesattractedinsuchstrangedirections;wasafflictedwithsuchremarkablecoughs;satsofarfromthetable,anddroppedsomuchmorethanheate,andpretendedthathehadn’tdroppedit;thatIwasheartilygladwhenHerbertleftusfortheCity.

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