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Tonight, we'll read the opening to The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices,

Written in Collaboration by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.

The book reads as an autobiography tour taken by the two of them in the north of Britain. The Lazy Tour takes

place in the year 1857 and provides insight into the friendship and adventures of the pair of Titans of Victorian literature. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

In the autumn month of September, 1857, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by

the long hot summer and the long hot work it had brought with it ran away

from their employer. They were bound to a highly notorious lady named literature of fair credit and

repute though it must be acknowledged not quite so highly esteemed in the city as she

might be. This is the more remarkable as there is nothing against the respectable lady in that quarter,

but quite the contrary.

Her family, having rendered eminent service to many famous citizens of London.

It may be sufficient to name, Sir William Walworth, Lord Mayor under King Richard II, at the time

of Watt Tyler's insurrection and Sir Richard Wittington, which later distinguished man and magistrate was doubtless

indebted to the lady's family for the gift of his celebrated cat.

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