Going into Society.docx
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GoingintoSociety
GoingintoSocietybyCharlesDickensAtoneperiodofitsreverses,theHousefellintotheoccupationofaShowman.Hewasfoundregisteredasitsoccupier,ontheparishbooksofthetimewhenherentedtheHouse,andtherewasthereforenoneedofanycluetohisname.But,hehimselfwaslesseasytobefound;for,hehadledawanderinglife,andsettledpeoplehadlostsightofhim,andpeoplewhoplumedthemselvesonbeingrespectablewereshyofadmittingthattheyhadeverknownanythingofhim.Atlast,amongthemarshlandsneartheriver'slevel,thatlieaboutDeptfordandtheneighbouringmarket-gardens,aGrizzledPersonageinvelveteen,withafacesocutupbyvarietiesofweatherthathelookedasifhehadbeentattooed,wasfoundsmokingapipeatthedoorofawoodenhouseonwheels.Thewoodenhousewaslaidupinordinaryforthewinter,nearthemouthofamuddycreek;andeverythingnearit,thefoggyriver,themistymarshes,andthesteamingmarket-gardens,smokedincompanywiththegrizzledman.Inthemidstofthissmokingparty,thefunnel-chimneyofthewoodenhouseonwheelswasnotremiss,buttookitspipewiththerestinacompanionablemanner.
OnbeingaskedifitwerehewhohadoncerentedtheHousetoLet,GrizzledVelveteenlookedsurprised,andsaidyes.ThenhisnamewasMagsman?
Thatwasit,TobyMagsman--whichlawfullychristenedRobert;butcalledintheline,fromainfant,Toby.TherewasnothingaginTobyMagsman,hebelieved?
Iftherewassuspicionofsuch--mentionit!
Therewasnosuspicionofsuch,hemightrestassured.But,someinquiriesweremakingaboutthatHouse,andwouldheobjecttosaywhyheleftit?
Notatall;whyshouldhe?
Heleftit,alongofaDwarf.
AlongofaDwarf?
Mr.Magsmanrepeated,deliberatelyandemphatically,AlongofaDwarf.
MightitbecompatiblewithMr.Magsman'sinclinationandconveniencetoenter,asafavour,intoafewparticulars?
Mr.Magsmanenteredintothefollowingparticulars.
Itwasalongtimeago,tobeginwith;--aforelotteriesandadealmorewasdoneawaywith.Mr.Magsmanwaslookingaboutforagoodpitch,andheseethathouse,andhesaystohimself,"I'llhaveyou,ifyou'retobehad.Ifmoney'llgetyou,I'llhaveyou."Theneighbourscutuprough,andmadecomplaints;butMr.Magsmandon'tknowwhattheyWOULDhavehad.Itwasalovelything.Firstofall,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicteroftheGiant,inSpanishtrunksandaruff,whowashimselfhalftheheighthofthehouse,andwasrunupwithalineandpulleytoapoleontheroof,sothathisEdwascoevalwiththeparapet.Then,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicteroftheAlbinalady,showingherwhiteairtotheArmyandNavyincorrectuniform.Then,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicteroftheWildIndianascalpinamemberofsomeforeignnation.Then,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicterofachildofaBritishPlanter,seizedbytwoBoaConstrictors--notthatWEneverhadnochild,nornoConstrictorsneither.Similarly,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicteroftheWildAssofthePrairies--notthatWEneverhadnowildasses,norwouldn'thavehad'ematagift.Last,therewasthecanvass,representinthepicteroftheDwarf,andlikehimtoo(considerin),withGeorgetheFourthinsuchastateofastonishmentathimasHisMajestycouldn'twithhisutmostpolitenessandstoutnessexpress.ThefrontoftheHousewassocoveredwithcanvasses,thattherewasn'tasparkofdaylightevervisibleonthatside."MAGSMAN'SAMUSEMENTS,"fifteenfootlongbytwofoothigh,ranoverthefrontdoorandparlourwinders.ThepassagewasaArbourofgreenbaizeandgardenstuff.Abarrel-organperformedthereunceasing.Andastorespectability,--ifthreepenceain'trespectable,whatis?
But,theDwarfistheprincipalarticleatpresent,andhewasworththemoney.HewaswroteupasMAJORTPSCHOFFKI,OFTHEIMPERIALBULGRADERIANBRIGADE.Nobodycouldn'tpronouncethename,anditneverwasintendedanybodyshould.Thepublicalwaysturnedit,asaregularrule,intoChopski.InthelinehewascalledChops;partlyonthataccount,andpartlybecausehisrealname,ifheeverhadanyrealname(whichwasverydubious),wasStakes.
Hewasaun-commonsmallman,hereallywas.Certainlynotsosmallashewasmadeouttobe,butwhereISyourDwarfasis?
Hewasamostuncommonsmallman,withamostuncommonlargeEd;andwhathehadinsidethatEd,nobodyeverknowedbuthimself:
evensupposinhimselftohaveevertookstockofit,whichitwouldhavebeenastiffjobforevenhimtodo.
Thekindestlittlemanasnevergrowed!
Spirited,butnotproud.
WhenhetravelledwiththeSpottedBaby--thoughheknowedhimselftobeanat'ralDwarf,andknowedtheBaby'sspotstobeputuponhimartificial,henursedthatBabylikeamother.Youneverheerdhimgiveaill-nameto
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