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For days, for weeks, for months, I did not take my spectacles with me. I ran away from them, I threw them up on high shelves, I tried to make up my mind to throw them into the sea, or down the well. FOR DAYS FOR WEEKS FOR MONTHS I DID NOT TAKE MY SPECTACLES WITH ME I RAN AWAY FROM THEM I THREW THEM UP ON HIGH SHELVES I TRIED TO MAKE UP MY MIND TO THROW THEM INTO THE SEA OR DOWN THE WELL
t his wish and desire. I looked at him, and saw a huge, bald-headed wild boar, with gross chaps and a leering eye--only the more ridiculous for the high-arched, gold-bowed spectacles, that straddled his nose One of his fore-hoofs was thrust into the safe, where his bills receivable were hived, and the other into his pocket, among the loose change and bills there. His ears were pricked forward with a brisk, sensitive smartness. In a world where prize pork was the best excellence, he would have carried off all the premiums. "I stepped into the next office in the street, and a mild-faced; genial man, also a large and opulent merchant, asked me my business in such a tone, that I instantly looked through my spectacles, and saw a land flowing with milk and honey. There I pitched my tent, and staid till the good man died, and his business was discontinued. "But while there," said Titbottom, and his voice trembled away into a sigh, "I first saw Preciosa. Despite the spectacles, I saw Preciosa. ON FOR MY OWN PURPOSES AND AGAINST HIS WISH AND DESIRE I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAW A HUGE BALD HEADED WILD BOAR WITH GROSS CHAPS AND A LEERING EYE ONLY THE MORE RIDICULOUS FOR THE HIGH ARCHED GOLD BOWED SPECTACLES THAT STRADDLED HIS NOSE ONE OF HIS FORE HOOFS WAS THRUST INTO THE SAFE WHERE HIS BILLS RECEIVABLE WERE HIVED AND THE OTHERS INTO HIS POCKET AMONG THE LOOSE CHANGE IN BILLS THERE HIS EARS WERE PRICKED FORWARD WITH A BRISK SENSITIVE SMARTNESS IN A WORLD WHERE PRIZE PORK WAS THE BEST EXCELLENCE HE WOULD HAVE CARRIED OFF ALL THE PREMIUMS I STEPPED INTO THE NEXT OFFICE IN THE STREET AND A MILD FACED GENIAL MAN ALSO A LARGE AND OPULENT MERCHANT ASKED ME MY BUSINESS IN SUCH A TONE THAT I INSTANTLY LOOKED THROUGH MY SPECTACLES AND SAW A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY THERE I PITCHED MY TENT AND STAYED TILL THE GOOD MAN DIED AND HIS BUSINESS WAS DISCONTINUED BUT WHILE THERE SAID TIT BOTTOM AND HIS VOICE TREMBLED AWAY INTO A SIGH I FIRST SAW PRECIOSA DESPITE THE SPECTACLES I SAW PRECIOSA
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