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Chapter 7

           IhaveanimpressionthattheyweretobecontributedeventuallytowardstheliquidationoftheNationalDebt,butIknowIhadnohopeofanypersonalparticipationinthetreasure.

           Mr.Wopsle’sgreat-auntkeptaneveningschoolinthevillage;thatistosay,shewasaridiculousoldwomanoflimitedmeansandunlimitedinfirmity,whousedtogotosleepfromsixtoseveneveryevening,inthesocietyofyouthwhopaidtwopenceperweekeach,fortheimprovingopportunityofseeingherdoit.Sherentedasmallcottage,andMr.Wopslehadtheroomupstairs,wherewestudentsusedtooverhearhimreadingaloudinamostdignifiedandterrificmanner,andoccasionallybumpingontheceiling.TherewasafictionthatMr.Wopsle"examined"thescholarsonceaquarter.Whathedidonthoseoccasionswastoturnuphiscuffs,stickuphishair,andgiveusMarkAntony’sorationoverthebodyofCaesar.ThiswasalwaysfollowedbyCollins’sOdeonthePassions,whereinIparticularlyveneratedMr.WopsleasRevengethrowinghisblood-stainedswordinthunderdown,andtakingtheWar-denouncingtrumpetwithawitheringlook.Itwasnotwithmethen,asitwasinlaterlife,whenIfellintothesocietyofthePassions,andcomparedthemwithCollinsandWopsle,rathertothedisadvantageofbothgentlemen.

           Mr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt,besideskeepingthisEducationalInstitution,keptinthesameroomalittlegeneralshop.

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