“The dignity of his office is never impaired by the absence of efforts on his part to maintain it.”

—  Charles Dickens, book Sketches by Boz

Our Parish, Ch. 1 : The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster.
Sketches by Boz (1836-1837)

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