:54:02
I could not watch what came out of it.
:54:05
Carry on.
:54:14
We have fallen on strange times.
:54:17
Yes...
:54:19
but wondrous strange.
:54:35
- What's come then?
- I have.
:54:40
- What else?
- A letter, marked:
:54:43
"Urgent, as well as extremely important."
:54:49
It's from the Squeers.
:54:51
Wackford?
:54:52
Doubtful. It's perfumed.
:54:57
"Dear Mr. Knuckleboy, sir.
:55:00
"My pa requests me to write to you.
:55:03
"The doctor's considering it doubtful...
:55:05
"whether he will ever recover
the use of his legs...
:55:08
"which prevents his holding a pen.
:55:11
"He was brought to this state
by your nephew...
:55:14
"who jumped upon my pa's body
with his feet...
:55:16
"and dashed him to the earth."
:55:18
"Dashed him to the earth."
Very nice, my dear!
:55:21
"He also attacked him with language...
:55:23
"which I will not pollute my pen
with describing.
:55:27
"He assaulted my ma...
:55:29
"by driving her back-comb several inches
into her head.
:55:34
"We have a medical certificate that says,
if the comb had entered her skull...
:55:38
"the tortoiseshell
might have affected her brain.
:55:43
"The monster then ran away...
:55:45
"taking with him a boy
of desperate character...
:55:48
"as well as a garnet ring
belonging to my nearly dead ma.
:55:52
"Would you please send us money
compensating for its loss...
:55:55
"in the amount of 22..."
:55:58
- 4.
- 8.