The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster by Charles Dickens. Short summary

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Dickens talks about the position of the parish warden. In the writer’s opinion, he does his best to gain credibility in the eyes of the locals.

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Dickens describes the activities of the parish warden.

The author believes that a person of this kind makes every effort to gain authority in the eyes of the residents of the parish.

He cites as a worthy representative of this profession a person whom he knows perfectly well. Dickens states that he gets a real pleasure in those periods of time when the aforementioned person explains to elderly deaf ladies the provisions of the current laws on assistance to insolvent citizens. In addition, the writer enjoys listening to his acquaintance the parish warden narrate the contents of his own dialogue between himself and the priest. According to the recollections of the writer, the latter has always sought to enter into the plight of some local residents.

The author writes that the parish warden was well versed in the rules of British law and therefore was not at a loss when speaking at court hearings.