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BARNABY RUDGE - A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF 'EIGHTY by Charles ...

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gracious me! Yes, to be sure I will. Ho yes! I am a abjectslave, and a toiling, moiling, constant-working, always-beingfound-fault-with,never-giving-satisfactions, nor-having-notime-to-clean-oneself,potter's wessel--an't I, miss! Ho yes! Mysituations is lowly, and my capacities is limited, and my duties isto humble myself afore the base degenerating daughters of theirblessed mothers as is--fit to keep companies with holy saints butis born to persecutions from wicked relations--and to demean myselfbefore them as is no better than Infidels--an't it, miss! Ho yes!My only becoming occupations is to help young flaunting pagins tobrush and comb and titiwate theirselves into whitening andsuppulchres, and leave the young men to think that there an't a bitof padding in it nor no pinching ins nor fillings out nor pomatumsnor deceits nor earthly wanities--an't it, miss! Yes, to be sureit is--ho yes!'Having delivered these ironical passages with a most wonderfulvolubility, and with a shrillness perfectly deafening (especiallywhen she jerked out the interjections), Miss Miggs, from merehabit, and not because weeping was at all appropriate to theoccasion, which was one of triumph, concluded <strong>by</strong> bursting into aflood of tears, and calling in an impassioned manner on the name ofSimmuns.What Emma Haredale and Dolly would have done, or how long MissMiggs, now that she had hoisted her true colours, would have goneon waving them before their astonished senses, it is impossible totell. Nor is it necessary to speculate on these matters, for astartling interruption occurred at that moment, which took theirwhole attention <strong>by</strong> storm.This was a violent knocking at the door of the house, and then itssudden bursting open; which was immediately succeeded <strong>by</strong> a scufflein the room without, and the clash of weapons. Transported withthe hope that rescue had at length arrived, Emma and Dolly shriekedaloud for help; nor were their shrieks unanswered; for after a

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