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As each ewe, finished with, struggled up, helped by a friendly shove, and bolted out dazedly into the pen, I could not help wondering what was passing in her head in the heads of all those unceremoniously treated creatures; and, moving nearer to the postman, I said: "They're really very good, on the whole." He looked at me, I thought, queerly. "Yaas," he answered; "Mr. Molton's the best of them."
As each ewe, finished with, struggled up, helped by a friendly shove, and bolted out dazedly into the pen, I could not help wondering what was passing in her head in the heads of all those unceremoniously treated creatures; and, moving nearer to the postman, I said: "They're really very good, on the whole." He looked at me, I thought, queerly. "Yaas," he answered; "Mr. Molton's the best of them."
Without glancing either to the right or left, she moved steadily on, past Molton's the confectioner's, past Perrin's the hatter's. Once, I thought she was coming to a halt, and that she intended crossing the road, but no on, on, on, till we came to D Street. There we were preparing to cross over, when an elderly gentleman walked deliberately into her.
Molton's services did not cease until after he had packed Stephen's luggage, and seen him off at Victoria. He flattered himself, as he left the station with three months' wages in his pocket, that he would be missed; but Stephen was surprised at the sense of relief which came as Molton turned a respectable back, and the boat-train began to slide out of the station.
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