\"Tee—hee！Tee—hee—ee！Dearyme！Thankee——thankee，mylady，\"hetittered，andhegazedandblinkedatherbeautythroughheavenlytears。

　　\"Nearlyahundredyearsold，andhehaslivedonsixteenshillingsaweekallhislife，andearneditbyworkingeveryhourbetweensunriseandsunset，\"Bettysaidtohersister，whenshewenthome。\"Amanhasonelife，andhishaspassedlikethat。Itisdonenow，andalltheyearsandworkhaveleftnothinginhisoldhandsbuthispipe。That’sall。I

　　shouldnotliketoputitoutforhim。WhoamIthatI

　　canbuyhimanewone，andkeepitfilledforhimuntiltheend？Howdidithappen？No，\"suddenly，\"Imustnotlosetimeinaskingmyselfthat。Imustgetthenewpipe。\"

　　Shedidit——apipeofgreatmagnificence——suchasdrewtotheDobycottageasmanycallersasthevillagecouldprovide，eachcomingwithfeveredinterest，tolookatit——tobeallowedtoholdandexamineitforafewmoments，guessingatitsprobableenormouscost，andreturningitreverently，togazeatDobywithrespect——theincreaseofwhichcanbeimaginedwhenitwasknownthathewasnotonlypossessorofthepipe，butofanassurancethathewouldbesuppliedwithasmuchtobaccoashecoulduse，totheendofhisdays。Fromthetimeoftheadventofthepipe，GrandfatherDobybecameamanofmark，andhislifeinthechimneycornerachangedthing。Amanwhoownssplendoursandunlimited，excellentshagmaylikefriendstodropinandcrackjokes——andevensmokeapipewithhim——acommonpipe，which，however，isnotamisswhenexcellentshagcomesfree。

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