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Both
Mr
.
and
Mrs
.
Pocket
had
such
a
noticeable
air
of
being
in
somebody
else
’
s
hands
,
that
I
wondered
who
really
was
in
possession
of
the
house
and
let
them
live
there
,
until
I
found
this
unknown
power
to
be
the
servants
.
It
was
a
smooth
way
of
going
on
,
perhaps
,
in
respect
of
saving
trouble
;
but
it
had
the
appearance
of
being
expensive
,
for
the
servants
felt
it
a
duty
they
owed
to
themselves
to
be
nice
in
their
eating
and
drinking
,
and
to
keep
a
deal
of
company
down
stairs
.
They
allowed
a
very
liberal
table
to
Mr
.
and
Mrs
.
Pocket
,
yet
it
always
appeared
to
me
that
by
far
the
best
part
of
the
house
to
have
boarded
in
would
have
been
the
kitchen
—
always
supposing
the
boarder
capable
of
self
-
defence
,
for
,
before
I
had
been
there
a
week
,
a
neighboring
lady
with
whom
the
family
were
personally
unacquainted
,
wrote
in
to
say
that
she
had
seen
Millers
slapping
the
baby
.
This
greatly
distressed
Mrs
.
Pocket
,
who
burst
into
tears
on
receiving
the
note
,
and
said
that
it
was
an
extraordinary
thing
that
the
neighbors
couldn
’
t
mind
their
own
business
.
By
degrees
I
learnt
,
and
chiefly
from
Herbert
,
that
Mr
.
Pocket
had
been
educated
at
Harrow
and
at
Cambridge
,
where
he
had
distinguished
himself
;
but
that
when
he
had
had
the
happiness
of
marrying
Mrs
.
Pocket
very
early
in
life
,
he
had
impaired
his
prospects
and
taken
up
the
calling
of
a
Grinder
.
After
grinding
a
number
of
dull
blades
—
of
whom
it
was
remarkable
that
their
fathers
,
when
influential
,
were
always
going
to
help
him
to
preferment
,
but
always
forgot
to
do
it
when
the
blades
had
left
the
Grindstone
—
he
had
wearied
of
that
poor
work
and
had
come
to
London
.
Here
,
after
gradually
failing
in
loftier
hopes
,
he
had
"
read
"
with
divers
who
had
lacked
opportunities
or
neglected
them
,
and
had
refurbished
divers
others
for
special
occasions
,
and
had
turned
his
acquirements
to
the
account
of
literary
compilation
and
correction
,
and
on
such
means
,
added
to
some
very
moderate
private
resources
,
still
maintained
the
house
I
saw
.
Mr
.
and
Mrs
.
Pocket
had
a
toady
neighbor
;
a
widow
lady
of
that
highly
sympathetic
nature
that
she
agreed
with
everybody
,
blessed
everybody
,
and
shed
smiles
and
tears
on
everybody
,
according
to
circumstances
.
This
lady
’
s
name
was
Mrs
.
Coiler
,
and
I
had
the
honor
of
taking
her
down
to
dinner
on
the
day
of
my
installation
.
She
gave
me
to
understand
on
the
stairs
,
that
it
was
a
blow
to
dear
Mrs
.
Pocket
that
dear
Mr
.
Pocket
should
be
under
the
necessity
of
receiving
gentlemen
to
read
with
him
.
That
did
not
extend
to
me
,
she
told
me
in
a
gush
of
love
and
confidence
(
at
that
time
,
I
had
known
her
something
less
than
five
minutes
)
;
if
they
were
all
like
Me
,
it
would
be
quite
another
thing
.
"
But
dear
Mrs
.
Pocket
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Coiler
,
"
after
her
early
disappointment
(
not
that
dear
Mr
.
Pocket
was
to
blame
in
that
)
,
requires
so
much
luxury
and
elegance
—
"
"
Yes
,
ma
’
am
,
"
I
said
,
to
stop
her
,
for
I
was
afraid
she
was
going
to
cry
.
"
And
she
is
of
so
aristocratic
a
disposition
—
"
"
Yes
,
ma
’
am
,
"
I
said
again
,
with
the
same
object
as
before
.
"
—
That
it
is
hard
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Coiler
,
"
to
have
dear
Mr
.
