’Whattrades?’saidMr。Petulengro。’Why,theonewhichIhavelatelybeenengagedin,ormyoriginalone,whichIconfessI
shouldlikebetter,thatofakaulo-mescro。’’Ah,Ihavefrequentlyheardyoutalkofmakinghorse-shoes,’saidMr。
Petulengro;’I,however,neversawyoumakeone,andnooneelsethatIamaware;Idon’tbelieve-come,brother,don’tbeangry,it’squitepossiblethatyoumayhavedonethingswhichneitherI
noranyoneelsehasseenyoudo,andthatsuchthingsmaysomedayorothercometolight,asyousaynothingcanbekeptsecret。Bethat,however,asitmay,paythereckoningandletusbegoing;I
thinkIcanadviseyoutojustsuchakindofplaceasyouseemtowant。’