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Updated: May 25, 2025

Thinks it was the plaintive's air in which that report originatinin. Never however see the plaintive take a pick-axe or any other wepping far from it. Says the coroner, is that boy here? Says the beadle, no, sir, he is not here. Says the coroner, go and fetch him then. In the absence of the active and intelligent, the coroner converses with Mr. Tulkinghorn. Oh! Here's the boy, gentlemen!

Charles Dickens - Bleak House