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Squeers having, through his one eye, made a mental abstract of Cobbey's letter, for example, Cobbey and the whole school were thus feelingly informed of its contents "Oh! Cobbey's grandmother is dead, and his uncle John has took to drinking. Which is all the news his sister sends, except eighteen-pence which will just pay for that broken square of glass! Mrs.
The drudge knew better from long experience, than to hesitate about obeying, so he bundled the victim out by a side-door, and Mr Squeers perched himself again on his own stool, supported by Mrs Squeers, who occupied another at his side. 'Now let us see, said Squeers. 'A letter for Cobbey. Stand up, Cobbey.
'The pigs is well, said Mr Squeers, 'the cows is well, and the boys is bobbish. Young Sprouter has been a-winking, has he? I'll wink him when I get back. "Cobbey would persist in sniffing while he was a-eating his dinner, and said that the beef was so strong it made him." Very good, Cobbey, we'll see if we can't make you sniff a little without beef.
Squeers then proceeded to give several messages of various degrees of unpleasantness to sundry of the boys, followed up by vigorous canings where he had any grudge to pay off. One by one the boys answered to their names. "Now let us see," said Squeers. "A letter for Cobbey. Stand up, Cobbey." Another boy stood up and eyed the letter very hard, while Squeers made a mental abstract of the same.
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