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He
had
reached
the
neutral
ground
upon
the
outskirts
of
the
town
,
which
was
neither
town
nor
country
,
and
yet
was
either
spoiled
,
when
his
ears
were
invaded
by
the
sound
of
music
.
The
clashing
and
banging
band
attached
to
the
horse-riding
establishment
,
which
had
there
set
up
its
rest
in
a
wooden
pavilion
,
was
in
full
bray
.
A
flag
,
floating
from
the
summit
of
the
temple
,
proclaimed
to
mankind
that
it
was
'
Sleary
's
Horse-riding
'
which
claimed
their
suffrages
.
Sleary
himself
,
a
stout
modern
statue
with
a
money-box
at
its
elbow
,
in
an
ecclesiastical
niche
of
early
Gothic
architecture
,
took
the
money
.
Miss
Josephine
Sleary
,
as
some
very
long
and
very
narrow
strips
of
printed
bill
announced
,
was
then
inaugurating
the
entertainments
with
her
graceful
equestrian
Tyrolean
flower-act
.
Among
the
other
pleasing
but
always
strictly
moral
wonders
which
must
be
seen
to
be
believed
,
Signor
Jupe
was
that
afternoon
to
'
elucidate
the
diverting
accomplishments
of
his
highly
trained
performing
dog
Merrylegs
.
'
He
was
also
to
exhibit
'
his
astounding
feat
of
throwing
seventy-five
hundred-weight
in
rapid
succession
backhanded
over
his
head
,
thus
forming
a
fountain
of
solid
iron
in
mid-air
,
a
feat
never
before
attempted
in
this
or
any
other
country
,
and
which
having
elicited
such
rapturous
plaudits
from
enthusiastic
throngs
it
can
not
be
withdrawn
.
'
The
same
Signor
Jupe
was
to
'
enliven
the
varied
performances
at
frequent
intervals
with
his
chaste
Shaksperean
quips
and
retorts
.
'
Lastly
,
he
was
to
wind
them
up
by
appearing
in
his
favourite
character
of
Mr.
William
Button
,
of
Tooley
Street
,
in
'
the
highly
novel
and
laughable
hippo-comedietta
of
The
Tailor
's
Journey
to
Brentford
.
'
Thomas
Gradgrind
took
no
heed
of
these
trivialities
of
course
,
but
passed
on
as
a
practical
man
ought
to
pass
on
,
either
brushing
the
noisy
insects
from
his
thoughts
,
or
consigning
them
to
the
House
of
Correction
.
But
,
the
turning
of
the
road
took
him
by
the
back
of
the
booth
,
and
at
the
back
of
the
booth
a
number
of
children
were
congregated
in
a
number
of
stealthy
attitudes
,
striving
to
peep
in
at
the
hidden
glories
of
the
place
.
This
brought
him
to
a
stop
.
'
Now
,
to
think
of
these
vagabonds
,
'
said
he
,
'
attracting
the
young
rabble
from
a
model
school
.
'
A
space
of
stunted
grass
and
dry
rubbish
being
between
him
and
the
young
rabble
,
he
took
his
eyeglass
out
of
his
waistcoat
to
look
for
any
child
he
knew
by
name
,
and
might
order
off
.
Phenomenon
almost
incredible
though
distinctly
seen
,
what
did
he
then
behold
but
his
own
metallurgical
Louisa
,
peeping
with
all
her
might
through
a
hole
in
a
deal
board
,
and
his
own
mathematical
Thomas
abasing
himself
on
the
ground
to
catch
but
a
hoof
of
the
graceful
equestrian
Tyrolean
flower-act
!
Dumb
with
amazement
,
Mr.
Gradgrind
crossed
to
the
spot
where
his
family
was
thus
disgraced
,
laid
his
hand
upon
each
erring
child
,
and
said
:
'
Louisa
!!
Thomas
!!
'
Both
rose
,
red
and
disconcerted
.
But
,
Louisa
looked
at
her
father
with
more
boldness
than
Thomas
did
.
Indeed
,
Thomas
did
not
look
at
him
,
but
gave
himself
up
to
be
taken
home
like
a
machine
.
'
In
the
name
of
wonder
,
idleness
,
and
folly
!
'
said
Mr.
Gradgrind
,
leading
each
away
by
a
hand
;
'
what
do
you
do
here
?
'
