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The Old Curiosity Shop

CHAPTER 52
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'It is not much, but still enough to live upon in this retired spot.

By clubbing our funds together, we shall do bravely; no fear of that.' 'Heaven bless and prosper you!' sobbed the child.
'Amen, my dear,' returned her friend cheerfully; 'and all of us, as it will, and has, in leading us through sorrow and trouble to this tranquil life.

But we must look at MY house now.

Come!' They repaired to the other tenement; tried the rusty keys as before; at length found the right one; and opened the worm-eaten door.

It led into a chamber, vaulted and old, like that from which they had come, but not so spacious, and having only one other little room attached.
It was not difficult to divine that the other house was of right the schoolmaster's, and that he had chosen for himself the least commodious, in his care and regard for them.


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