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Morning after morning he would wait in that hated room; and then day after day, at two o'clock, he would attend the usurer's city haunt and generally all in vain. The patience of Mr. Snape was giving way, and the discipline even of the Internal Navigation felt itself outraged.
Oldeschole is ready to see you. Charley sat down at his desk opposite to his friend Scatterall. 'I hope, Mr. Snape, you had a pleasant meeting at evening prayers yesterday, said he, with a tone of extreme interest. 'You had better mind the lock entries at present, Mr. Tudor; they are greatly in arrear. 'And the evening meetings are docketed up as close as wax, I suppose.
Its headquarters were at Axe, in the Moorlands, ten miles away from Hanbridge, but the riches of old Snape had chiefly come from the Five Towns. At the time of the struggle between the Signal and the Daily its decline had already begun. The aged proprietor had recently died, and the name, and the horses, and the chariots, and the carefully-repaired tents had been sold to strangers.
We can't run a mile for nothing, and before breakfast too." "S'pose I shall hev ter!" grumbled Ben, as he gave them each a hand to help them up. Noll brought forth his roll of money, and narrated his errand, disclosing for what object the lumber was to be purchased. Ben sat down and stared blankly at the boy, while Mr. Snape, who had drawn near, looked utterly bewildered.
'We shall all have liberty enough now, said Scatterall; 'I wonder what they'll do with us; eh, Charley? 'I believe they will send the worst of us to Spike Island or Dartmoor prison, said Charley; 'but Mr. Snape, no doubt, has heard and can tell us. 'Oh, come, Charley! It don't do to chaff now, said a young navvy, who was especially down in the mouth.
Snape, or gathering of rank weeds in the form of Mr. Corkscrew; nothing of the kind had been attempted. No the disease had gone too far either for phlebotomy, purging, or cautery. The Internal Navigation had ceased to exist! Its demise had been in this wise. It may be remembered that some time since Mr. Oldeschole had mentioned in the hearing of Mr. Snape that things were going wrong.
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