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Chapter 36

           

           ItwasplainthatsomeextraordinarygrudgewasworkinginMissBrass’sgentlebreast,andthatitwasthatwhichimpelledher,withoutthesmallestpresentcause,torapthechildwiththebladeoftheknife,nowonherhand,nowonherhead,andnowonherback,asifshefounditquiteimpossibletostandsoclosetoherwithoutadministeringafewslightknocks.ButMrSwivellerwasnotalittlesurprisedtoseehisfellow-clerk,afterwalkingslowlybackwardstowardsthedoor,asifsheweretryingtowithdrawherselffromtheroombutcouldnotaccomplishit,dartsuddenlyforward,andfallingonthesmallservantgivehersomehardblowswithherclenchedhand.Thevictimcried,butinasubduedmannerasifshefearedtoraisehervoice,andMissSally,comfortingherselfwithapinchofsnuff,ascendedthestairs,justasRichardhadsafelyreachedtheoffice.

           

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