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Chapter 28

           

           Thecoffee-roomattheBlueBoarwasempty,andIhadnotonlyorderedmydinnerthere,buthadsatdowntoit,beforethewaiterknewme.Assoonashehadapologizedfortheremissnessofhismemory,heaskedmeifheshouldsendBootsforMr.Pumblechook?

           "No,"saidI,"certainlynot."

           Thewaiter(itwashewhohadbroughtuptheGreatRemonstrancefromtheCommercials,onthedaywhenIwasbound)appearedsurprised,andtooktheearliestopportunityofputtingadirtyoldcopyofalocalnewspapersodirectlyinmyway,thatItookitupandreadthisparagraph:

           Ourreaderswilllearn,notaltogetherwithoutinterest,inreferencetotherecentromanticriseinfortuneofayoungartificerinironofthisneighborhood(whatatheme,bytheway,forthemagicpenofourasyetnotuniversallyacknowledgedtownsmanTOOBY,thepoetofourcolumns!)thattheyouth’searliestpatron,companion,andfriend,wasahighlyrespectedindividualnotentirelyunconnectedwiththecornandseedtrade,andwhoseeminentlyconvenientandcommodiousbusinesspremisesaresituatewithinahundredmilesoftheHighStreet.ItisnotwhollyirrespectiveofourpersonalfeelingsthatwerecordHIMastheMentorofouryoungTelemachus,foritisgoodtoknowthatourtownproducedthefounderofthelatter’sfortunes.Doesthethought-contractedbrowofthelocalSageorthelustrouseyeoflocalBeautyinquirewhosefortunes?WebelievethatQuintinMatsyswastheBLACKSMITHofAntwerp.VERB.SAP

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