"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "Persons' bodies, ain't it, father?" asked the lively boy.

     "I believe it is something of that sort," said Mr. Cruncher.

     "Oh, father, I should so like to be a Resurrection-Man when I'm quite growed up!"

 

     Mr. Cruncher was soothed, but shook his head in a dubious and moral way. "It depends upon how you dewelop your talents. Be careful to dewelop your talents, and never to say no more than you can help to nobody, and there's no telling at the present time what you may not come to be fit for." As Young Jerry, thus encouraged, went on a few yards in advance, to plant the stool in the shadow of the Bar, Mr. Cruncher added to himself: "Jerry, you honest tradesman, there's hopes wot that boy will yet be a blessing to you, and a recompense to you for his mother!"

 
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