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CHAPTER I—PICKING UP SOOT AND CINDERS
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“And why Tom Tiddler’s ground?” said the Traveller.
“Because he scatters1 halfpence to Tramps and such-like,” returned the Landlord, “and of course they pick ’em up. And this being done on his own land (which it is his own land, you observe, and were his family’s before him), why it is but regarding the halfpence as gold and silver, and turning the ownership of the property a bit round your finger, and there you have the name of the children’s game complete. And it’s appropriate too,” said the Landlord, with his favourite action of stooping a little, to look across the table out of window at vacancy2, under the window-blind which was half drawn3 down. “Leastwise it has been so considered by many gentlemen which have partook of chops and tea in the present humble4 parlour.”
The Traveller was partaking of chops and tea in the present humble parlour, and the Landlord’s shot was fired obliquely5 at him.
“They call him such,” returned the Landlord, evading7 personal responsibility; “he is in general so considered.”
“What is a Hermit?” asked the Traveller.
“What is it?” repeated the Landlord, drawing his hand across his chin.
“Yes, what is it?”
The Landlord stooped again, to get a more comprehensive view of vacancy under the window-blind, and—with an asphyxiated8 appearance on him as one unaccustomed to definition—made no answer.
“I’ll tell you what I suppose it to be,” said the Traveller. “An
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wreck
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shameful
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