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My father told me that the great journey
of my life would be to find such a person...
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but I'm nearly 20 years of age,
and I fear he may be wrong.
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- I hope not.
- I hope not, too.
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May I ask you why you were so upset seeing
that savage come through the trapdoor?
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You asked me yesterday if I had a memory
about my life before Yorkshire.
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There is but one thing I remember.
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It was the room in which I was kept.
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It was a lonesome room
at the top of a house.
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There was a large black hook
that hung down from the ceiling.
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Underneath it was a trapdoor.
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I was so afraid of what might be
on the other side...
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that there was not a single night
I did not cover my head in the bedclothes.
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So today, when a door so very like it
opened in the dark before me...
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I could not watch what came out of it.
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Carry on.
:54:14
We have fallen on strange times.
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Yes...
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but wondrous strange.
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- What's come then?
- I have.
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- What else?
- A letter, marked:
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"Urgent, as well as extremely important."
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It's from the Squeers.
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Wackford?
:54:52
Doubtful. It's perfumed.
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"Dear Mr. Knuckleboy, sir.