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free will; and took the child to her capacious breast。 

     'Will   Fern!'   said   Trotty;   pulling   on   his   right…hand   muffler。 'Not   the 

friend you was hoping to find?' 



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     'Ay!' returned Will; putting a hand on each of Trotty's shoulders。 'And 

like to prove a'most as good a friend; if that can be; as one I found。' 

     'O!'   said   Trotty。    'Please    to   play   up   there。    Will    you   have    the 

goodness!' 

     To    the  music    of   the  band;    and;   the  bells;  the   marrow…bones       and 

cleavers; all at once; and while the Chimes were yet in lusty operation out 

of   doors;   Trotty;   making   Meg   and   Richard;   second   couple;   led   off   Mrs。 

Chickenstalker down the dance; and danced it in a step unknown before or 

since; founded on his own peculiar trot。 

     Had Trotty dreamed?           Or; are his joys and sorrows; and the actors in 

them;   but   a   dream;   himself   a   dream;   the   teller   of   this   tale   a   dreamer; 

waking but now?          If it be so; O listener; dear to him in all his visions; try 

to bear in mind the stern realities from which these shadows come; and in 

your   sphere   …   none   is   too   wide;   and   none   too   limited   for   such   an   end   … 

endeavour to correct; improve; and soften them。                  So may the New Year 

be a happy one to you; happy to many more whose happiness depends on 

you!     So may each year be happier than the last; and not the meanest of 

our brethren or sisterhood debarred their rightful share; in what our Great 

Creator formed them to enjoy。 



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