![]() They called him Trotty from his pace, which meant speed if it didn't make it. In fact he was a ticket-porter, Toby Veck, and waited there for jobs.* And I take my stand by Toby Veck, though he did stand all day long in all weathers, outside the church-door. They had clear, loud, lusty, sounding voices and they rang out far and wide-'beating all other bells to fits,' as Toby Veck 1 said for though they chose to call him Trotty Veck, his name was Toby. * High up in the steeple of an old church, far above the town and far below the clouds, dwelt the Chimes I tell of. Close section Barbox Brothers: 3 Chapters.Close section The Bastille Prisoner: in Three Chapters.Close section Nicholas Nickleby: 4 Chapters.Close section Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn.Close section The Story of Little Dombey: Five Chapters. ![]() Close section The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: a Fancy for Christmas Time.Close section The Cricket on the Hearth: a Fairy Tale of Home.Close section A Christmas Carol: in Four Staves. ![]()
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