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Chapter 31

           Wopslecouldnotpossiblyhavereturnedtheskull,aftermoralizingoverit,withoutdustinghisfingersonawhitenapkintakenfromhisbreast;buteventhatinnocentandindispensableactiondidnotpasswithoutthecomment,"Wai-ter!"Thearrivalofthebodyforinterment(inanemptyblackboxwiththelidtumblingopen),wasthesignalforageneraljoy,whichwasmuchenhancedbythediscovery,amongthebearers,ofanindividualobnoxioustoidentification.ThejoyattendedMr.WopslethroughhisstrugglewithLaertesonthebrinkoftheorchestraandthegrave,andslackenednomoreuntilhehadtumbledthekingoffthekitchen-table,andhaddiedbyinchesfromtheanklesupward.

           WehadmadesomepaleeffortsinthebeginningtoapplaudMr.Wopsle;buttheyweretoohopelesstobepersistedin.Thereforewehadsat,feelingkeenlyforhim,butlaughing,nevertheless,fromeartoear.Ilaughedinspiteofmyselfallthetime,thewholethingwassodroll;andyetIhadalatentimpressionthattherewassomethingdecidedlyfineinMr.Wopsle’selocutionnotforoldassociations’sake,Iamafraid,butbecauseitwasveryslow,verydreary,veryup-hillanddown-hill,andveryunlikeanywayinwhichanymaninanynaturalcircumstancesoflifeordeatheverexpressedhimselfaboutanything.Whenthetragedywasover,andhehadbeencalledforandhooted,IsaidtoHerbert,"Letusgoatonce,orperhapsweshallmeethim."

           Wemadeallthehastewecoulddownstairs,butwewerenotquickenougheither.

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