probablethat
as
you
enter
it
,
so
it
will
receive
you
.
Trust
in
nothing
but
in
Providence
and
your
own
efforts
.
Never
separate
the
two
,
like
the
heathen
waggoner
.
Constancy
in
love
is
a
good
thing
;
but
it
means
nothing
,
and
is
nothing
,
without
constancy
in
every
kind
of
effort
.
If
you
had
the
abilities
of
all
the
great
men
,
past
and
present
,
you
could
do
nothing
well
,
without
sincerely
meaning
it
,
and
setting
about
it
.
If
you
entertain
the
supposition
that
any
real
success
,
in
great
things
or
in
small
,
ever
was
or
could
be
,
ever
will
or
can
be
,
wrested
from
Fortune
by
fits
and
starts
,
leave
that
wrong
idea
here
,
or
leave
your
cousin
Ada
here
.
”
“
I
will
leave
it
here
,
sir
,
”
replied
Richard
,
smiling
,
“
if
I
brought
it
here
just
now
(
but
I
hope
I
did
not
)
,
and
will
work
my
way
on
to
my
cousin
Ada
in
the
hopeful
distance
.
”
“
Right
!
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
.
“
If
you
are
not
to
make
her
happy
,
why
should
you
pursue
her
?
”
“
I
would
n't
make
her
unhappy
—
no
,
not
even
for
her
love
,
”
retorted
Richard
,
proudly
.
“
Well
said
!
”
cried
Mr.
Jarndyce
;
“
that
's
well
said
!
She
remains
here
,
in
her
home
with
me
.
Love
her
,
Rick
,
in
your
active
life
,
no
less
than
in
her
home
when
you
revisit
it
,
and
all
will
go
well
.
Otherwise
,
all
will
go
ill.
That
's
the
end
of
my
preaching
.
I
think
you
and
Ada
had
better
take
a
walk
.
”
Ada
tenderly
embraced
him
,
and
Richard
heartily
shook
hands
with
him
,
and
then
the
cousins
went
out
of
the
room
—
looking
back
again
directly
,
though
,
to
say
that
they
would
wait
for
me
.
The
door
stood
open
,
and
we
both
followed
them
with
our
eyes
,
as
they
passed
down
the
adjoining
room
on
which
the
sun
was
shining
,
and
out
at
its
farther
end
.
Richard
with
his
head
bent
,
and
her
hand
drawn
through
his
arm
,
was
talking
to
her
very
earnestly
;
and
she
looked
up
in
his
face
,
listening
,
and
seemed
to
see
nothing
else
.
So
young
,
so
beautiful
,
so
full
of
hope
and
promise
,
they
went
on
lightly
through
the
sunlight
,
as
their
own
happy
thoughts
might
then
be
traversing
the
years
to
come
,
and
making
them
all
years
of
brightness
.
So
they
passed
away
into
the
shadow
,
and
were
gone
.
It
was
only
a
burst
of
light
that
had
been
so
radiant
.
The
room
darkened
as
they
went
out
,
and
the
sun
was
clouded
over
.
“
Am
I
right
,
Esther
?
”
said
my
Guardian
,
when
they
were
gone
.
He
who
was
so
good
and
wise
,
to
ask
me
whether
he
was
right
!
“
Rick
may
gain
,
out
of
this
,
the
quality
he
wants
.
Wants
,
at
the
core
of
so
much
that
is
good
!
”
said
Mr.
Jarndyce
,
shaking
his
head
.
“
I
have
said
nothing
to
Ada
,
Esther
.
She
has
her
friend
and
counsellor
always
near
.
”
And
he
laid
his
hand
lovingly
upon
my
head
.
I
could
not
help
shewing
that
I
was
a
little
moved
,
though
I
did
all
I
could
to
conceal
it
.
“
Tut
tut
!
”
said
he
.
“
But
we
must
take
care
,
too
,
that
our
little
woman
's
life
is
not
all
consumed
in
care
for
others
.
”
“
Care
?
My
dear
Guardian
,
I
believe
I
am
the
happiest
creature
in
the
world
!
”
“
I
believe
so
too
,
”
said
he
.
“
But
some
one
may
find
out
,
what
Esther
never
will
—
that
the
little
woman
is
to
be
held
in
remembrance
above
all
other
people
!
”
I
have
omitted
to
mention
in
its
place
,
that
there
was
some
one
else
at
the
family
dinner
party
.
It
was
not
a
lady
.
It
was
a
gentleman
.
It
was
a
gentleman
of
a
dark
complexion
—
a
young
surgeon
.
He
was
rather
reserved
,
but
I
thought
him
very
sensible
and
agreeable
.
At
least
,
Ada
asked
me
if
I
did
not
,
and
I
said
yes
.
CHAPTER
XIV
.
DEPORTMENT
.
RICHARD
left
us
on
the
very
next
evening
,
to
begin
his
new
career
,
and
committed
Ada
to
my
charge
with
great
love
for
her
,
and
great
trust
in
me
.
It
touched
me
then
to
reflect
,
and
it
touches
me
now
,
more
nearly
,
to
remember
(
having
what
I
have
to
tell
)
how
they
both
thought
of
me
,
even
at
that
engrossing
time
.
I
was
a
part
of
all
their
plans
,
for
the
present
and
the
future
.
I
was
to
write
to
Richard
once
a
week
,
making
my
faithful
report
of
Ada
who
was
to
write
to
him
every
alternate
day
.
I
was
to
be
informed
,
under
his
own
hand
,
of
all
his
labors
and
successes
;
I
was
to
observe
how
resolute
and
persevering
he
would
be
;
I
was
to
be
Ada
's
bridesmaid
when
they
were
married
;
I
was
to
live
with
them
afterwards
;
I
was
to
keep
all
the
keys
of
their
house
;
I
was
to
be
made
happy
for
ever
and
a
day
.
“
And
if
the
suit
should
make
us
rich
,
Esther
—
which
it
may
,
you
know
!
”
said
Richard
,
to
crown
all
.
A
shade
crossed
Ada
's
face
.
“
My
dearest
Ada
,
”
asked
Richard
,
pausing
,
“
why
not
?
”
“
It
had
better
declare
us
poor
at
once
,
”
said
Ada
.
“
O
!
I
do
n't
know
about
that
,
”
returned
Richard
;
“
but
,
at
all
events
,
it
wo
n't
declare
anything
at
once
.
It
has
n't
declared
anything
in
Heaven
knows
how
many
years
.
”
“
Too
true
,
”
said
Ada
.
“
Yes
,
but
,
”
urged
Richard
,
answering
what
her
look
suggested
rather
than
her
words
,
“
the
longer
it
goes
on
,
dear
cousin
,
the
nearer
it
must
be
to
a
settlement
one
way
or
other
.
Now
,
is
not
that
reasonable
?
”
“
You
know
best
,
Richard
.
But
I
am
afraid
if
we
trust
to
it
,
it
will
make
us
unhappy
.
”
“
But
,
my
Ada
,
we
are
not
going
to
trust
to
it
!
”
cried
Richard
gaily
.
“
We
know
it
better
than
to
trust
to
it
.
We
only
say
that
if
it
should
make
us
rich
,
we
have
no
constitutional
objection
to
being
rich
.
The
Court
is
,
by
solemn
settlement
of
law
,
our
grim
old
guardian
,
and
we
are
to
suppose
that
what
it
gives
us
(
when
it
gives
us
anything
)
is
our
right
.
It
is
not
necessary
to
quarrel
with
our
right
.
”
“
No
,
”
said
Ada
,
”
“
but
it
may
be
better
to
forget
all
about
it
.
”
“
Well
,
well
!
”
cried
Richard
,
“
then
we
will
forget
all
about
it
!
We
consign
the
whole
thing
to
oblivion
.
Dame
Durden
puts
on
her
approving
face
,
and
it
's
done
!
”
“
Dame
Durden
's
approving
face
,
”
said
I
,
looking
out
of
the
box
in
which
I
was
packing
his
books
,
“
was
not
very
visible
when
you
called
it
by
that
name
;
but
it
does
approve
,
and
she
thinks
you
ca
n't
do
better
.
”
So
,
Richard
said
there
was
an
end
of
it
,
—
and
immediately
began
,
on
no
other
foundation
,
to
build
as
many
castles
in
the
air
as
would
man
the
great
wall
of
China
.
He
went
away
in
high
spirits
.
Ada
and
I
,
prepared
to
miss
him
very
much
,
commenced
our
quieter
career
.
On
our
arrival
in
London
,
we
had
called
with
Mr.
Jarndyce
at
Mrs.
Jellyby
's
,
but
had
not
been
so
fortunate
as
to
find
her
at
home
.
It
appeared
that
she
had
gone
somewhere
,
to
a
tea-drinking
,
and
had
taken
Miss
Jellyby
with
her
.
Besides
the
tea-drinking
,
there
was
to
be
some
considerable
speech-making
and
letter-writing
on
the
general
merits
of
the
cultivation
of
coffee
,
conjointly
with
natives
,
at
the
Settlement
of
Borrioboola
Gha
.
All
this
involved
,
no
doubt
,
sufficient
active
exercise
of
pen
and
ink
,
to
make
her
daughter
's
part
in
the
proceedings
,
anything
but
a
holiday
.
It
being
,
now
,
beyond
the
time
appointed
for
Mrs.
Jellyby
's
return
,
we
called
again
.
She
was
in
town
,
but
not
at
home
,
having
gone
to
Mile
End
,
directly
after
breakfast
,
on
some
Borrioboolan
business
,
arising
out
of
a
Society
called
the
East
London
Branch
Aid
Ramification
.
As
I
had
not
seen
Peepy
on
the
occasion
of
our
last
call
(
when
he
was
not
to
be
found
anywhere
,
and
when
the
cook
rather
thought
he
must
have
strolled
away
with
the
dustman
's
cart
)
,
I
now
enquired
for
him
again
.
The
oyster
shells
he
had
been
building
a
house
with
,
were
still
in
the
passage
,
but
he
was
nowhere
discoverable
,
and
the
cook
supposed
that
he
had
“
gone
after
the
sheep
.
”
When
we
repeated
,
with
some
surprise
,
“
The
sheep
?
”
she
said
,
O
yes
,
on
market
days
he
sometimes
followed
them
quite
out
of
town
,
and
came
back
in
such
a
state
as
never
was
!
I
was
sitting
at
the
window
with
my
Guardian
,
on
the
following
morning
,
and
Ada
was
busy
writing
—
of
course
to
Richard
—
when
Miss
Jellyby
was
announced
,
and
entered
,
leading
the
identical
Peepy
,
whom
she
had
made
some
endeavours
to
render
presentable
,
by
wiping
the
dirt
into
corners
of
his
face
and
hands
,
and
making
his
hair
very
wet
and
then
violently
frizzling
it
with
her
fingers
.
Everything
the
dear
child
wore
,
was
either
too
large
for
him
or
too
small
.
Among
his
other
contradictory
decorations
he
had
the
hat
of
a
Bishop
,
and
the
little
gloves
of
a
baby
.
His
boots
were
,
on
a
small
scale
,
the
boots
of
a
ploughman
:
while
his
legs
,
so
crossed
and
recrossed
with
scratches
that
they
looked
like
maps
,
were
bare
,
below
a
very
short
pair
of
plaid
drawers
finished
off
with
two
frills
of
perfectly
different
patterns
.
The
deficient
buttons
on
his
plaid
frock
had
evidently
been
supplied
from
one
of
Mr.
Jellyby
's
coats
,
they
were
so
extremely
brazen
and
so
much
too
large
.
Most
extraordinary
specimens
of
needlework
appeared
on
several
parts
of
his
dress
,
where
it
had
been
hastily
mended
;
and
I
recognised
the
same
hand
on
Miss
Jellyby
's
.
She
was
,
however
,
unaccountably
improved
in
her
appearance
,
and
looked
very
pretty
.
She
was
conscious
of
poor
little
Peepy
being
but
a
failure
after
all
her
trouble
,
and
she
showed
it
as
she
came
in
,
by
the
way
in
which
she
glanced
,
first
at
him
and
then
at
us
.
“
O
dear
me
!
”
said
my
Guardian
,
“
Due
East
!
”
Ada
and
I
gave
her
a
cordial
welcome
,
and
presented
her
to
Mr.
Jarndyce
;
to
whom
she
said
,
as
she
sat
down
:
“
Ma
's
compliments
,
and
she
hopes
you
'll
excuse
her
,
because
she
's
correcting
proofs
of
the
plan
.
She
's
going
to
put
out
five
thousand
new
circulars
,
and
she
knows
you
'll
be
interested
to
hear
that
.
I
have
brought
one
of
them
with
me
.
Ma
's
compliments
.
”
With
which
she
presented
it
sulkily
enough
.
“
Thank
you
,
”
said
my
Guardian
.
“
I
am
much
obliged
to
Mrs.
Jellyby
.
O
dear
me
!
This
is
a
very
trying
wind
!
”
We
were
busy
with
Peepy
;
taking
off
his
clerical
hat
;
asking
him
if
he
remembered
us
;
and
so
on
.
Peepy
retired
behind
his
elbow
at
first
,
but
relented
at
the
sight
of
sponge-cake
,
and
allowed
me
to
take
him
on
my
lap
,
where
he
sat
munching
quietly
.
Mr.
Jarndyce
then
withdrawing
into
the
temporary
Growlery
,
Miss
Jellyby
opened
a
conversation
with
her
usual
abruptness
.
“
We
are
going
on
just
as
bad
as
ever
in
Thavies
Inn
,
”
said
she
.
“
I
have
no
peace
of
my
life
.
Talk
of
Africa
!
I
could
n't
be
worse
off
if
I
was
a
what's-his-name
—
man
and
a
brother
!
”
I
tried
to
say
something
soothing
.
“
O
,
it
's
of
no
use
,
Miss
Summerson
,
”
exclaimed
Miss
Jellyby
,
“
though
I
thank
you
for
the
kind
intention
all
the
same
.
I
know
how
I
am
used
,
and
I
am
not
to
be
talked
over
.
You
would
n't
be
talked
over
,
if
you
were
used
so
.
Peepy
,
go
and
play
at
Wild
Beasts
under
the
piano
!
”
“
I
sha
n't
!
”
said
Peepy
.
“
Very
well
,
you
ungrateful
,
naughty
,
hard-hearted
boy
!
”
returned
Miss
Jellyby
,
with
tears
in
her
eyes
.
“
I
'll
never
take
pains
to
dress
you
any
more
.
”
“
Yes
,
I
will
go
,
Caddy
!
”
cried
Peepy
,
who
was
really
a
good
child
,
and
who
was
so
moved
by
his
sister
's
vexation
that
he
went
at
once
.
“
It
seems
a
little
thing
to
cry
about
,
”
said
poor
Miss
Jellyby
,
apologetically
,
“
but
I
am
quite
worn
out
.
I
was
directing
the
new
circulars
till
two
this
morning
.
I
detest
the
whole
thing
so
,
that
that
alone
makes
my
head
ache
till
I
ca
n't
see
out
of
my
eyes
.
And
look
at
that
poor
unfortunate
child
.
Was
there
ever
such
a
fright
as
he
is
!
”
Peepy
,
happily
unconscious
of
the
defects
in
his
appearance
,
sat
on
the
carpet
behind
one
of
the
legs
of
the
piano
,
looking
calmly
out
of
his
den
at
us
,
while
he
ate
his
cake
.
“
I
have
sent
him
to
the
other
end
of
the
room
,
”
observed
Miss
Jellyby
,
drawing
her
chair
nearer
ours
,
“
because
I
do
n't
want
him
to
hear
the
conversation
.
Those
little
things
are
so
sharp
!
I
was
going
to
say
,
we
really
are
going
on
worse
than
ever
.
Pa
will
be
a
bankrupt
before
long
,
and
then
I
hope
Ma
will
be
satisfied
.
There
'll
be
nobody
but
Ma
to
thank
for
it
.
”
We
said
we
hoped
Mr.
Jellyby
's
affairs
were
not
in
so
bad
a
state
as
that
.
“
It
's
of
no
use
hoping
,
though
it
's
very
kind
of
you
!
”
returned
Miss
Jellyby
,
shaking
her
head
.
“
Pa
told
me
,
only
yesterday
morning
,
(
and
dreadfully
unhappy
he
is
)
that
he
could
n't
weather
the
storm
.
I
should
be
surprised
if
he
could
.
When
all
our
tradesmen
send
into
our
house
any
stuff
they
like
,
and
the
servants
do
what
they
like
with
it
,
and
I
have
no
time
to
improve
things
if
I
knew
how
,
and
Ma
do
n't
care
about
anything
,
I
should
like
to
make
out
how
Pa
is
to
weather
the
storm
.
I
declare
if
I
was
Pa
,
I
'd
run
away
!
”
“
My
dear
!
”
said
I
,
smiling
.
“
Your
papa
,
no
doubt
,
considers
his
family
.
”
“
O
yes
,
his
family
is
all
very
fine
,
Miss
Summerson
,
”
replied
Miss
Jellyby
;
“
but
what
comfort
is
his
family
to
him
?
His
family
is
nothing
but
bills
,
dirt
,
waste
,
noise
,
tumbles
down
stairs
,
confusion
,
and
wretchedness
.
His
scrambling
home
,
from
week's-end
to
week's-end
,
is
like
one
great
washing-day
—
only
nothing
's
washed
!
”
Miss
Jellyby
tapped
her
foot
upon
the
floor
,
and
wiped
her
eyes
.
“
I
am
sure
I
pity
Pa
to
that
degree
,
”
she
said
,
“
and
am
so
angry
with
Ma
,
that
I
ca
n't
find
words
to
express
myself
!
However
,
I
am
not
going
to
bear
it
,
I
am
determined
.
I
wo
n't
be
a
slave
all
my
life
,
and
I
wo
n't
submit
to
be
proposed
to
by
Mr.
Quale
.
A
pretty
thing
,
indeed
,
to
marry
a
Philanthropist
.
As
if
I
had
n't
had
enough
of
that
!
”
said
poor
Miss
Jellyby
.
I
must
confess
that
I
could
not
help
feeling
rather
angry
with
Mrs.
Jellyby
,
myself
;
seeing
and
hearing
this
neglected
girl
,
and
knowing
how
much
of
bitterly
satirical
truth
there
was
in
what
she
said
.
“
If
it
was
n't
that
we
had
been
intimate
when
you
stopped
at
our
house
,
”
pursued
Miss
Jellyby
,
“
I
should
have
been
ashamed
to
come
here
to-day
,
for
I
know
what
a
figure
I
must
seem
to
you
two
.
But
,
as
it
is
,
I
made
up
my
mind
to
call
:
especially
as
I
am
not
likely
to
see
you
again
,
the
next
time
you
come
to
town
.
”
She
said
this
with
such
great
significance
that
Ada
and
I
glanced
at
one
another
,
foreseeing
something
more
.
“
No
!
”
said
Miss
Jellyby
,
shaking
her
head
.
“
Not
at
all
likely
!
I
know
I
may
trust
you
two
.
I
am
sure
you
wo
n't
betray
me
.
I
am
engaged
.
”
“
Without
their
knowledge
at
home
?
”
said
I
.
“
Why
,
good
gracious
me
,
Miss
Summerson
,
”
she
returned
,
justifying
herself
in
a
fretful
but
not
angry
manner
,
“
how
can
it
be
otherwise
?
You
know
what
Ma
is
—
and
I
need
n't
make
poor
Pa
more
miserable
by
telling
him
.
”
“
But
would
it
not
be
adding
to
his
unhappiness
,
to
marry
without
his
knowledge
or
consent
,
my
dear
?
”
said
I
.
“
No
,
”
said
Miss
Jellyby
,
softening
.
“
I
hope
not
.
I
should
try
to
make
him
happy
and
comfortable
when
he
came
to
see
me
;
and
Peepy
and
the
others
should
take
it
in
turns
to
come
and
stay
with
me
;
and
they
should
have
some
care
taken
of
them
,
then
.
”
There
was
a
good
deal
of
affection
in
poor
Caddy
.
She
softened
more
and
more
while
saying
this
,
and
cried
so
much
over
the
unwonted
little
home-picture
she
had
raised
in
her
mind
,
that
Peepy
,
in
his
cave
under
the
piano
,
was
touched
,
and
turned
himself
over
on
his
back
with
loud
lamentations
.
It
was
not
until
I
had
brought
him
to
kiss
his
sister
,
and
had
restored
him
to
his
place
in
my
lap
,
and
had
shewn
him
that
Caddy
was
laughing
(
she
laughed
expressly
for
the
purpose
)
,
that
we
could
recall
his
peace
of
mind
;
even
then
,
it
was
for
some
time
conditional
on
his
taking
us
in
turns
by
the
chin
,
and
smoothing
our
faces
all
over
with
his
hand
.
At
last
,
as
his
spirits
were
not
yet
equal
to
the
piano
,
we
put
him
on
a
chair
to
look
out
of
window
;
and
Miss
Jellyby
,
holding
him
by
one
leg
,
resumed
her
confidence
.
“
It
began
in
your
coming
to
our
house
,
”
she
said
.
We
naturally
asked
how
?
“
I
felt
I
was
so
awkward
,
”
she
replied
,
“
that
I
made
up
my
mind
to
be
improved
in
that
respect
,
at
all
events
,
and
to
learn
to
dance
.
I
told
Ma
I
was
ashamed
of
myself
,
and
I
must
be
taught
to
dance
.
Ma
looked
at
me
in
that
provoking
way
of
hers
as
if
I
was
n't
in
sight
;
but
,
I
was
quite
determined
to
be
taught
to
dance
,
and
so
I
went
to
Mr.
Turveydrop
's
Academy
in
Newman
Street
.
“
And
was
it
there
,
my
dear
—
”
I
began
.
“
Yes
,
it
was
there
,
”
said
Caddy
,
“
and
I
am
engaged
to
Mr.
Turveydrop
.
There
are
two
Mr.
Turveydrops
,
father
and
son
.
My
Mr.
Turveydrop
is
the
son
,
of
course
.
I
only
wish
I
had
been
better
brought
up
,
and
was
likely
to
make
him
a
better
wife
;
for
I
am
very
fond
of
him
.
”
“
I
am
sorry
to
hear
this
,
”
said
I
,
“
I
must
confess
.
”
“
I
do
n't
know
why
you
should
be
sorry
,
”
she
retorted
a
little
anxiously
,
“
but
I
am
engaged
to
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
whether
or
no
,
and
he
is
very
fond
of
me
.
It
's
a
secret
as
yet
,
even
on
his
side
,
because
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
has
a
share
in
the
connexion
,
and
it
might
break
his
heart
,
or
give
him
some
other
shock
,
if
he
was
told
of
it
abruptly
.
Old
Mr.
Turveydrop
is
a
very
gentlemanly
man
indeed
—
very
gentlemanly
.
”
“
Does
his
wife
know
of
it
?
”
asked
Ada
.
“
Old
Mr.
Turveydrop
's
wife
,
Miss
Clare
?
”
returned
Miss
Jellyby
,
opening
her
eyes
.
“
There
's
no
such
person
.
He
is
a
widower
.
”
We
were
here
interrupted
by
Peepy
,
whose
leg
had
undergone
so
much
on
account
of
his
sister
's
unconsciously
jerking
it
like
a
bell-rope
whenever
she
was
emphatic
,
that
the
afflicted
child
now
bemoaned
his
sufferings
with
a
very
low-spirited
noise
.
As
he
appealed
to
me
for
compassion
,
and
as
I
was
only
a
listener
,
I
undertook
to
hold
him
.
Miss
Jellyby
proceeded
,
after
begging
Peepy
's
pardon
with
a
kiss
,
and
assuring
him
that
she
had
n't
meant
to
do
it
.
“
That
's
the
state
of
the
case
,
”
said
Caddy
.
“
If
I
ever
blame
myself
,
I
still
think
it
's
Ma
's
fault
.
We
are
to
be
married
whenever
we
can
,
and
then
I
shall
go
to
Pa
at
the
office
and
write
to
Ma
.
It
wo
n't
much
agitate
Ma
:
I
am
only
pen
and
ink
to
her
.
One
great
comfort
is
,
”
said
Caddy
,
with
a
sob
,
“
that
I
shall
never
hear
of
Africa
after
I
am
married
.
Young
Mr.
Turveydrop
hates
it
for
my
sake
;
and
if
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
knows
there
is
such
a
place
,
it
's
as
much
as
he
does
.
”
“
It
was
he
who
was
very
gentlemanly
,
I
think
?
”
said
I
.
“
Very
gentlemanly
,
indeed
,
”
said
Caddy
.
“
He
is
celebrated
,
almost
everywhere
,
for
his
Deportment
.
”
“
Does
he
teach
?
”
asked
Ada
.
“
No
,
he
do
n't
teach
anything
in
particular
,
”
replied
Caddy
.
“
But
his
Deportment
is
beautiful
.
”
Caddy
went
on
to
say
,
with
considerable
hesitation
and
reluctance
,
that
there
was
one
thing
more
she
wished
us
to
know
,
and
felt
we
ought
to
know
,
and
which
she
hoped
would
not
offend
us
.
It
was
,
that
she
had
improved
her
acquaintance
with
Miss
Flite
,
the
little
crazy
old
lady
;
and
that
she
frequently
went
there
early
in
the
morning
,
and
met
her
lover
for
a
few
minutes
before
breakfast
—
only
for
a
few
minutes
.
“
I
go
there
,
at
other
times
,
”
said
Caddy
,
“
but
Prince
does
not
come
then
.
Young
Mr.
Turveydrop
's
name
is
Prince
;
I
wish
it
was
n't
,
because
it
sounds
like
a
dog
,
but
of
course
he
did
n't
christen
himself
.
Old
Mr.
Turveydrop
had
him
christened
Prince
,
in
remembrance
of
the
Prince
Regent
.
Old
Mr.
Turveydrop
adored
the
Prince
Regent
on
account
of
his
Deportment
.
I
hope
you
wo
n't
think
the
worse
of
me
for
having
made
these
little
appointments
at
Miss
Flite
's
,
where
I
first
went
with
you
;
because
I
like
the
poor
thing
for
her
own
sake
and
I
believe
she
likes
me
.
If
you
could
see
young
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
I
am
sure
you
would
think
well
of
him
—
at
least
,
I
am
sure
you
could
n't
possibly
think
any
ill
of
him
.
I
am
going
there
now
,
for
my
lesson
.
I
could
n't
ask
you
to
go
with
me
,
Miss
Summerson
;
but
if
you
would
,
”
said
Caddy
,
who
had
said
all
this
,
earnestly
and
tremblingly
,
“
I
should
be
very
glad
—
very
glad
.
”
It
happened
that
we
had
arranged
with
my
Guardian
to
go
to
Miss
Flite
's
that
day
.
We
had
told
him
of
our
former
visit
,
and
our
account
had
interested
him
;
but
something
had
always
happened
to
prevent
our
going
there
again
.
As
I
trusted
that
I
might
have
sufficient
influence
with
Miss
Jellyby
to
prevent
her
taking
any
very
rash
step
,
if
I
fully
accepted
the
confidence
she
was
so
willing
to
place
in
me
,
poor
girl
,
I
proposed
that
she
and
I
and
Peepy
should
go
to
the
Academy
,
and
afterwards
meet
my
guardian
and
Ada
at
Miss
Flite
's
—
whose
name
I
now
learnt
for
the
first
time
.
This
was
on
condition
that
Miss
Jellyby
and
Peepy
should
come
back
with
us
to
dinner
.
The
last
article
of
the
agreement
being
joyfully
acceded
to
by
both
,
we
smartened
Peepy
up
a
little
,
with
the
assistance
of
a
few
pins
,
some
soap
and
water
,
and
a
hair-brush
;
and
went
out
:
bending
our
steps
towards
Newman
Street
,
which
was
very
near
.
I
found
the
academy
established
in
a
sufficiently
dingy
house
at
the
corner
of
an
archway
,
with
busts
in
all
the
staircase
windows
.
In
the
same
house
there
were
also
established
,
as
I
gathered
from
the
plates
on
the
door
,
a
drawing-master
,
a
coal-merchant
(
there
was
,
certainly
,
no
room
for
his
coals
)
,
and
a
lithographic
artist
.
On
the
plate
which
,
in
size
and
situation
,
took
precedence
of
all
the
rest
,
I
read
MR.
TURVEYDROP
.
The
door
was
open
,
and
the
hall
was
blocked
up
by
a
grand
piano
,
a
harp
,
and
several
other
musical
instruments
in
cases
,
all
in
progress
of
removal
,
and
all
looking
rakish
in
the
daylight
.
Miss
Jellyby
informed
me
that
the
academy
had
been
lent
,
last
night
,
for
a
concert
.
We
went
up-stairs
—
it
had
been
quite
a
fine
house
once
,
when
it
was
anybody
's
business
to
keep
it
clean
and
fresh
,
and
nobody
's
business
to
smoke
in
it
all
day
—
and
into
Mr.
Turveydrop
's
great
room
,
which
was
built
out
into
a
mews
at
the
back
,
and
was
lighted
by
a
skylight
.
It
was
a
bare
,
resounding
room
,
smelling
of
stables
;
with
cane
forms
along
the
walls
;
and
the
walls
ornamented
at
regular
intervals
with
painted
lyres
,
and
little
cut-glass
branches
for
candles
,
which
seemed
to
be
shedding
their
old-fashioned
drops
as
other
branches
might
shed
autumn
leaves
.
Several
young
lady
pupils
,
ranging
from
thirteen
or
fourteen
years
of
age
to
two
or
three
and
twenty
,
were
assembled
;
and
I
was
looking
among
them
for
their
instructor
,
when
Caddy
,
pinching
my
arm
,
repeated
the
ceremony
of
introduction
.
“
Miss
Summerson
,
Mr.
Prince
Turveydrop
!
”
I
curtseyed
to
a
little
blue-eyed
fair
man
of
youthful
appearance
,
with
flaxen
hair
parted
in
the
middle
,
and
curling
at
the
ends
all
round
his
head
.
He
had
a
little
fiddle
which
we
used
to
call
at
school
a
kit
,
under
his
left
arm
,
and
its
little
bow
in
the
same
hand
.
His
little
dancing
shoes
were
particularly
diminutive
,
and
he
had
a
little
innocent
,
feminine
manner
,
which
not
only
appealed
to
me
in
an
amiable
way
,
but
made
this
singular
effect
upon
me
:
that
I
received
the
impression
that
he
was
like
his
mother
,
and
that
his
mother
had
not
been
much
considered
or
well
used
.
“
I
am
very
happy
to
see
Miss
Jellyby
's
friend
,
”
he
said
,
bowing
low
to
me
.
“
I
began
to
fear
,
”
with
timid
tenderness
,
“
as
it
was
past
the
usual
time
,
that
Miss
Jellyby
was
not
coming
.
”
“
I
beg
you
will
have
the
goodness
to
attribute
that
to
me
,
who
have
detained
her
,
and
to
receive
my
excuses
,
sir
,
”
said
I
.
“
O
dear
!
”
said
he
.
“
And
pray
,
”
I
entreated
,
“
do
not
allow
me
to
be
the
cause
of
any
more
delay
.
”
With
that
apology
I
withdrew
to
a
seat
between
Peepy
(
who
,
being
well
used
to
it
,
had
already
climbed
into
a
corner
place
)
and
an
old
lady
of
a
censorious
countenance
,
whose
two
nieces
were
in
the
class
,
and
who
was
very
indignant
with
Peepy
's
boots
.
Prince
Turveydrop
then
tinkled
the
strings
of
his
kit
with
his
fingers
,
and
the
young
ladies
stood
up
to
dance
.
Just
then
,
there
appeared
from
a
side-door
,
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
in
the
full
lustre
of
his
Deportment
.
He
was
a
fat
old
gentleman
with
a
false
complexion
,
false
teeth
,
false
whiskers
,
and
a
wig
.
He
had
a
fur
collar
,
and
he
had
a
padded
breast
to
his
coat
,
which
only
wanted
a
star
or
a
broad
blue
ribbon
to
be
complete
.
He
was
pinched
in
,
and
swelled
out
,
and
got
up
,
and
strapped
down
,
as
much
as
he
could
possibly
bear
.
He
had
such
a
neck-cloth
on
(
puffing
his
very
eyes
out
of
their
natural
shape
)
,
and
his
chin
and
even
his
ears
so
sunk
into
it
,
that
it
seemed
as
though
he
must
inevitably
double
up
,
if
it
were
cast
loose
.
He
had
,
under
his
arm
,
a
hat
of
great
size
and
weight
,
shelving
downward
from
the
crown
to
the
brim
;
and
in
his
hand
a
pair
of
white
gloves
,
with
which
he
flapped
it
,
as
he
stood
poised
on
one
leg
,
in
a
high-shouldered
round-elbowed
state
of
elegance
not
to
be
surpassed
.
He
had
a
cane
,
he
had
an
eye-glass
,
he
had
a
snuff-box
,
he
had
rings
,
he
had
wristbands
,
he
had
everything
but
any
touch
of
nature
;
he
was
not
like
youth
,
he
was
not
like
age
,
he
was
like
nothing
in
the
world
but
a
model
of
Deportment
.
“
Father
!
A
visitor
.
Miss
Jellyby
's
friend
,
Miss
Summerson
.
”
“
Distinguished
,
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
“
by
Miss
Summerson
's
presence
.
”
As
he
bowed
to
me
in
that
tight
state
,
I
almost
believed
I
saw
creases
come
into
the
whites
of
his
eyes
.
“
My
father
,
”
said
the
son
,
aside
,
to
me
,
with
quite
an
affecting
belief
in
him
,
“
is
a
celebrated
character
.
My
father
is
greatly
admired
.
”
“
Go
on
,
Prince
!
Go
on
!
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
standing
with
his
back
to
the
fire
,
and
waving
his
gloves
condescendingly
.
“
Go
on
,
my
son
!
”
At
this
command
,
or
by
this
gracious
permission
,
the
lesson
went
on
.
Prince
Turveydrop
,
sometimes
,
played
the
kit
,
dancing
;
sometimes
played
the
piano
,
standing
;
sometimes
hummed
the
tune
with
what
little
breath
he
could
spare
,
while
he
set
a
pupil
right
;
always
conscientiously
moved
with
the
least
proficient
through
every
step
and
every
part
of
the
figure
;
and
never
rested
for
an
instant
.
His
distinguished
father
did
nothing
whatever
,
but
stand
before
the
fire
,
a
model
of
Deportment
.
“
And
he
never
does
anything
else
,
”
said
the
old
lady
of
the
censorious
countenance
.
“
Yet
would
you
believe
that
it
's
his
name
on
the
doorplate
?
”
“
His
son
's
name
is
the
same
,
you
know
,
”
said
I
.
“
He
would
n't
let
his
son
have
any
name
,
if
he
could
take
it
from
him
,
”
returned
the
old
lady
.
“
Look
at
the
son
's
dress
!
”
It
certainly
was
plain
—
threadbare
—
almost
shabby
.
“
Yet
the
father
must
be
garnished
and
tricked
out
,
”
said
the
old
lady
,
“
because
of
his
Deportment
.
I
'd
deport
him
!
Transport
him
would
be
better
!
”
I
felt
curious
to
know
more
,
concerning
this
person
.
I
asked
,
“
Does
he
give
lessons
in
Deportment
,
now
?
”
“
Now
!
”
returned
the
old
lady
,
shortly
.
“
Never
did
.
”
After
a
moment
's
consideration
,
I
suggested
that
perhaps
fencing
had
been
his
accomplishment
?
“
I
do
n't
believe
he
can
fence
at
all
,
ma'am
,
”
said
the
old
lady
.
I
looked
surprised
and
inquisitive
.
The
old
lady
,
becoming
more
and
more
incensed
against
the
Master
of
Deportment
as
she
dwelt
upon
the
subject
,
gave
me
some
particulars
of
his
career
,
with
strong
assurances
that
they
were
mildly
stated
.
He
had
married
a
meek
little
dancing-mistress
,
with
a
tolerable
connexion
,
(
having
never
in
his
life
before
done
anything
but
deport
himself
)
,
and
had
worked
her
to
death
,
or
had
,
at
the
best
,
suffered
her
to
work
herself
to
death
,
to
maintain
him
in
those
expenses
which
were
indispensable
to
his
position
.
At
once
to
exhibit
his
Deportment
to
the
best
models
,
and
to
keep
the
best
models
constantly
before
himself
,
he
had
found
it
necessary
to
frequent
all
public
places
of
fashionable
and
lounging
resort
;
to
be
seen
at
Brighton
and
elsewhere
at
fashionable
times
;
and
to
lead
an
idle
life
in
the
very
best
clothes
.
To
enable
him
to
do
this
,
the
affectionate
little
dancing-mistress
had
toiled
and
labored
,
and
would
have
toiled
and
labored
to
that
hour
,
if
her
strength
had
lasted
so
long
.
For
,
the
mainspring
of
the
story
was
,
that
,
in
spite
of
the
man
's
absorbing
selfishness
,
his
wife
(
overpowered
by
his
Deportment
)
had
,
to
the
last
,
believed
in
him
,
and
had
,
on
her
death-bed
,
in
the
most
moving
terms
,
confided
him
to
their
son
as
one
who
had
an
inextinguishable
claim
upon
him
,
and
whom
he
could
never
regard
with
too
much
pride
and
deference
.
The
son
,
inheriting
his
mother
's
belief
,
and
having
the
Deportment
always
before
him
,
had
lived
and
grown
in
the
same
faith
,
and
now
,
at
thirty
years
of
age
,
worked
for
his
father
twelve
hours
a-day
,
and
looked
up
to
him
with
veneration
on
the
old
imaginary
pinnacle
.
“
The
airs
the
fellow
gives
himself
!
”
said
my
informant
,
shaking
her
head
at
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
with
speechless
indignation
as
he
drew
on
his
tight
gloves
:
of
course
unconscious
of
the
homage
she
was
rendering
.
“
He
fully
believes
he
is
one
of
the
aristocracy
!
And
he
is
so
condescending
to
the
son
he
so
egregiously
deludes
,
that
you
might
suppose
him
the
most
virtuous
of
parents
.
O
!
”
said
the
old
lady
,
apostrophising
him
with
infinite
vehemence
,
“
I
could
bite
you
!
”
I
could
not
help
being
amused
,
though
I
heard
the
old
lady
out
with
feelings
of
real
concern
.
It
was
difficult
to
doubt
her
,
with
the
father
and
son
before
me
.
What
I
might
have
thought
of
them
without
the
old
lady
's
account
,
or
what
I
might
have
thought
of
the
old
lady
's
account
without
them
,
I
cannot
say
.
There
was
a
fitness
of
things
in
the
whole
that
carried
conviction
with
it
.
My
eyes
were
yet
wandering
,
from
young
Mr.
Turveydrop
working
so
hard
to
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
deporting
himself
so
beautifully
,
when
the
latter
came
ambling
up
to
me
,
and
entered
into
conversation
.
He
asked
me
,
first
of
all
,
whether
I
conferred
a
charm
and
a
distinction
on
London
by
residing
in
it
?
I
did
not
think
it
necessary
to
reply
that
I
was
perfectly
aware
I
should
not
do
that
,
in
any
case
,
but
merely
told
him
where
I
did
reside
.
“
A
lady
so
graceful
and
accomplished
,
”
he
said
,
kissing
his
right
glove
,
and
afterwards
extending
it
towards
the
pupils
,
“
will
look
leniently
on
the
deficiencies
here
.
We
do
our
best
to
polish
—
polish
—
polish
!
”
He
sat
down
beside
me
;
taking
some
pains
to
sit
on
the
form
,
I
thought
,
in
imitation
of
the
print
of
his
illustrious
model
on
the
sofa
.
And
really
he
did
look
very
like
it
.
“
To
polish
—
polish
—
polish
!
”
he
repeated
,
taking
a
pinch
of
snuff
and
gently
fluttering
his
fingers
.
“
But
we
are
not
—
if
I
may
say
so
,
to
one
formed
to
be
graceful
both
by
Nature
and
Art
;
”
with
the
high-shouldered
bow
,
which
it
seemed
impossible
for
him
to
make
without
lifting
up
his
eyebrows
and
shutting
his
eyes
—
“
we
are
not
what
we
used
to
be
in
point
of
Deportment
.
”
“
Are
we
not
,
sir
?
”
said
I
.
“
We
have
degenerated
,
”
he
returned
,
shaking
his
head
,
which
he
could
do
,
to
a
very
limited
extent
,
in
his
cravat
.
“
A
levelling
age
is
not
favorable
to
Deportment
.
It
develops
vulgarity
.
Perhaps
I
speak
with
some
little
partiality
.
It
may
not
be
for
me
to
say
that
I
have
been
called
,
for
some
years
now
,
Gentleman
Turveydrop
;
or
that
His
Royal
Highness
the
Prince
Regent
did
me
the
honor
to
inquire
,
on
my
removing
my
hat
as
he
drove
out
of
the
Pavilion
at
Brighton
(
that
fine
building
)
,
‘Who
is
he
?
Who
the
Devil
is
he
?
Why
do
n't
I
know
him
?
Why
has
n't
he
thirty
thousand
a
year
?
’
But
these
are
little
matters
of
anecdote
—
the
general
property
,
ma'am
,
—
still
repeated
,
occasionally
,
among
the
upper
classes
.
”
“
Indeed
?
”
said
I
.
He
replied
with
the
high-shouldered
bow
.
“
Where
what
is
left
among
us
of
Deportment
,
”
he
added
,
“
still
lingers
.
England
—
alas
,
my
country
!
—
has
degenerated
very
much
,
and
is
degenerating
every
day
.
She
has
not
many
gentlemen
left
.
We
are
few
.
I
see
nothing
to
succeed
us
,
but
a
race
of
weavers
.
”
“
One
might
hope
that
the
race
of
gentlemen
would
be
perpetuated
here
,
”
said
I
.
“
You
are
very
good
,
”
he
smiled
,
with
the
high-shouldered
bow
again
.
“
You
flatter
me
.
But
,
no
—
no
!
I
have
never
been
able
to
imbue
my
poor
boy
with
that
part
of
his
art
.
Heaven
forbid
that
I
should
disparage
my
dear
child
,
but
he
has
—
no
Deportment
.
”
“
He
appears
to
be
an
excellent
master
,
”
I
observed
.
“
Understand
me
,
my
dear
madam
,
he
is
an
excellent
master
.
All
that
can
be
acquired
,
he
has
acquired
.
All
that
can
be
imparted
,
he
can
impart
.
But
there
are
things
”
—
he
took
another
pinch
of
snuff
and
made
the
bow
again
,
as
if
to
add
,
“
this
kind
of
thing
,
for
instance
.
”
I
glanced
towards
the
centre
of
the
room
,
where
Miss
Jellyby
's
lover
,
now
engaged
with
single
pupils
,
was
undergoing
greater
drudgery
than
ever
.
“
My
amiable
child
,
”
murmured
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
adjusting
his
cravat
.
“
Your
son
is
indefatigable
,
”
said
I
.
“
It
is
my
reward
,
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
“
to
hear
you
say
so
.
In
some
respects
,
he
treads
in
the
footsteps
of
his
sainted
mother
.
She
was
a
devoted
creature
.
But
Wooman
,
lovely
Wooman
,
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
with
very
disagreeable
gallantry
,
“
what
a
sex
you
are
!
”
I
rose
and
joined
Miss
Jellyby
,
who
was
,
by
this
time
,
putting
on
her
bonnet
.
The
time
allotted
to
a
lesson
having
fully
elapsed
,
there
was
a
general
putting
on
of
bonnets
.
When
Miss
Jellyby
and
the
unfortunate
Prince
found
an
opportunity
to
become
betrothed
I
do
n't
know
,
but
they
certainly
found
none
,
on
this
occasion
,
to
exchange
a
dozen
words
.
“
My
dear
,
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
benignly
to
his
son
,
“
do
you
know
the
hour
?
”
“
No
,
father
.
”
The
son
had
no
watch
.
The
father
had
a
handsome
gold
one
,
which
he
pulled
out
,
with
an
air
that
was
an
example
to
mankind
.
“
My
son
,
”
said
he
,
“
it
's
two
o'clock
.
Recollect
your
school
at
Kensington
at
three
.
”
“
That
's
time
enough
for
me
,
father
,
”
said
Prince
.
“
I
can
take
a
morsel
of
dinner
,
standing
,
and
be
off
.
”
“
My
dear
boy
,
”
returned
his
father
,
“
you
must
be
very
quick
.
You
will
find
the
cold
mutton
on
the
table
.
”
“
Thank
you
,
father
.
Are
you
off
now
,
father
?
”
“
Yes
,
my
dear
.
I
suppose
,
”
said
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
shutting
his
eyes
and
lifting
up
his
shoulders
,
with
modest
consciousness
,
“
that
I
must
show
myself
,
as
usual
,
about
town
.
”
“
You
had
better
dine
out
comfortably
,
somewhere
,
”
said
his
son
.
“
My
dear
child
,
I
intend
to
.
I
shall
take
my
little
meal
,
I
think
,
at
the
French
house
,
in
the
Opera
Colonnade
.
”
“
That
's
right
.
Good
bye
,
father
!
”
said
Prince
,
shaking
hands
.
“
Good
bye
,
my
son
.
Bless
you
!
”
Mr.
Turveydrop
said
this
in
quite
a
pious
manner
,
and
it
seemed
to
do
his
son
good
;
who
,
in
parting
from
him
,
was
so
pleased
with
him
,
so
dutiful
to
him
,
and
so
proud
of
him
,
that
I
almost
felt
as
if
it
were
an
unkindness
to
the
younger
man
not
to
be
able
to
believe
implicitly
in
the
elder
.
The
few
moments
that
were
occupied
by
Prince
in
taking
leave
of
us
(
and
particularly
of
one
of
us
,
as
I
saw
,
being
in
the
secret
)
,
enhanced
my
favorable
impression
of
his
almost
childish
character
.
I
felt
a
liking
for
him
,
and
a
compassion
for
him
,
as
he
put
his
little
kit
in
his
pocket
—
and
with
it
his
desire
to
stay
a
little
while
with
Caddy
—
and
went
away
good-humouredly
to
his
cold
mutton
and
his
school
at
Kensington
,
that
made
me
scarcely
less
irate
with
his
father
than
the
censorious
old
lady
.
The
father
opened
the
room
door
for
us
,
and
bowed
us
out
,
in
a
manner
,
I
must
acknowledge
,
worthy
of
his
shining
original
.
In
the
same
style
he
presently
passed
us
on
the
other
side
of
the
street
,
on
his
way
to
the
aristocratic
part
of
the
town
,
where
he
was
going
to
show
himself
among
the
few
other
gentlemen
left
.
For
some
moments
,
I
was
so
lost
in
considering
what
I
had
heard
and
seen
in
Newman
Street
,
that
I
was
quite
unable
to
talk
to
Caddy
,
or
even
to
fix
my
attention
on
what
she
said
to
me
:
especially
,
when
I
began
to
inquire
in
my
mind
whether
there
were
,
or
ever
had
been
,
any
other
gentlemen
,
not
in
the
dancing
profession
,
who
lived
and
founded
a
reputation
entirely
on
their
Deportment
.
This
became
so
bewildering
,
and
suggested
the
possibility
of
so
many
Mr.
Turveydrops
,
that
I
said
,
“
Esther
,
you
must
make
up
your
mind
to
abandon
this
subject
altogether
,
and
attend
to
Caddy
.
”
I
accordingly
did
so
,
and
we
chatted
all
the
rest
of
the
way
to
Lincoln
's
Inn
.
Caddy
told
me
that
her
lover
's
education
had
been
so
neglected
,
that
it
was
not
always
easy
to
read
his
notes
.
She
said
,
if
he
were
not
so
anxious
about
his
spelling
,
and
took
less
pains
to
make
it
clear
,
he
would
do
better
;
but
he
put
so
many
unnecessary
letters
into
short
words
,
that
they
sometimes
quite
lost
their
English
appearance
.
“
He
does
it
with
the
best
intentions
,
”
observed
Caddy
,
“
but
it
has
n't
the
effect
he
means
,
poor
fellow
!
”
Caddy
then
went
on
to
reason
,
how
could
he
be
expected
to
be
a
scholar
,
when
he
had
passed
his
whole
life
in
the
dancing-school
,
and
had
done
nothing
but
teach
and
fag
,
fag
and
teach
,
morning
,
noon
,
and
night
!
And
what
did
it
matter
?
She
could
write
letters
enough
for
both
,
as
she
knew
to
her
cost
,
and
it
was
far
better
for
him
to
be
amiable
than
learned
.
“
Besides
,
it
's
not
as
if
I
was
an
accomplished
girl
who
had
any
right
to
give
herself
airs
,
”
said
Caddy
.
“
I
know
little
enough
,
I
am
sure
,
thanks
to
Ma
!
”
“
There
's
another
thing
I
want
to
tell
you
,
now
we
are
alone
,
”
continued
Caddy
,
“
which
I
should
not
have
liked
to
mention
unless
you
had
seen
Prince
,
Miss
Summerson
.
You
know
what
a
house
ours
is
.
It
's
of
no
use
my
trying
to
learn
anything
that
it
would
be
useful
for
Prince
's
wife
to
know
,
in
our
house
.
We
live
in
such
a
state
of
muddle
that
it
's
impossible
,
and
I
have
only
been
more
disheartened
whenever
I
have
tried
.
So
,
I
get
a
little
practice
with
—
who
do
you
think
?
Poor
Miss
Flite
!
Early
in
the
morning
,
I
help
her
to
tidy
her
room
,
and
clean
her
birds
;
and
I
make
her
cup
of
coffee
for
her
(
of
course
she
taught
me
)
,
and
I
have
learnt
to
make
it
so
well
that
Prince
says
it
's
the
very
best
coffee
he
ever
tasted
,
and
would
quite
delight
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
who
is
very
particular
indeed
about
his
coffee
.
I
can
make
little
puddings
too
;
and
I
know
how
to
buy
neck
of
mutton
,
and
tea
,
and
sugar
,
and
butter
,
and
a
good
many
housekeeping
things
.
I
am
not
clever
at
my
needle
,
yet
,
”
said
Caddy
,
glancing
at
the
repairs
on
Peepy
's
frock
,
“
but
perhaps
I
shall
improve
.
And
since
I
have
been
engaged
to
Prince
,
and
have
been
doing
all
this
,
I
have
felt
better-tempered
,
I
hope
,
and
more
forgiving
to
Ma
.
It
rather
put
me
out
,
at
first
this
morning
,
to
see
you
and
Miss
Clare
looking
so
neat
and
pretty
,
and
to
feel
ashamed
of
Peepy
and
myself
too
;
but
,
on
the
whole
,
I
hope
I
am
better-tempered
than
I
was
,
and
more
forgiving
to
Ma
.
”
The
poor
girl
,
trying
so
hard
,
said
it
from
her
heart
,
and
touched
mine
.
“
Caddy
,
my
love
,
”
I
replied
,
“
I
begin
to
have
a
great
affection
for
you
,
and
I
hope
we
shall
become
friends
.
”
“
Oh
,
do
you
?
”
cried
Caddy
;
“
how
happy
that
would
make
me
!
”
“
My
dear
Caddy
,
”
said
I
,
“
let
us
be
friends
from
this
time
,
and
let
us
often
have
a
chat
about
these
matters
,
and
try
to
find
the
right
way
through
them
.
”
Caddy
was
overjoyed
.
I
said
everything
I
could
,
in
my
old-fashioned
way
,
to
comfort
and
encourage
her
;
and
I
would
not
have
objected
to
old
Mr.
Turveydrop
,
that
day
,
for
any
smaller
consideration
than
a
settlement
on
his
daughter-in-law
.
By
this
time
,
we
were
come
to
Mr.
Krook
's
,
whose
private
door
stood
open
.
There
was
a
bill
,
pasted
on
the
door-post
,
announcing
a
room
to
let
on
the
second
floor
.
It
reminded
Caddy
to
tell
me
as
we
proceeded
up-stairs
,
that
there
had
been
a
sudden
death
there
,
and
an
inquest
;
and
that
our
little
friend
had
been
ill
of
the
fright
.
The
door
and
window
of
the
vacant
room
being
open
,
we
looked
in
.
It
was
the
room
with
the
dark
door
,
to
which
Miss
Flite
had
secretly
directed
my
attention
when
I
was
last
in
the
house
.
A
sad
and
desolate
place
it
was
;
a
gloomy
,
sorrowful
place
,
that
gave
me
a
strange
sensation
of
mournfulness
and
even
dread
.
“
You
look
pale
,
”
said
Caddy
,
when
we
came
out
,
“
and
cold
!
”
I
felt
as
if
the
room
had
chilled
me
.
We
had
walked
slowly
,
while
we
were
talking
;
and
my
guardian
and
Ada
were
here
before
us
.
We
found
them
in
Miss
Flite
's
garret
.
They
were
looking
at
the
birds
,
while
a
medical
gentleman
who
was
so
good
as
to
attend
Miss
Flite
with
much
solicitude
and
compassion
,
spoke
with
her
cheerfully
by
the
fire
.
“
I
have
finished
my
professional
visit
,
”
he
said
,
coming
forward
.
“
Miss
Flite
is
much
better
,
and
may
appear
in
court
(
as
her
mind
is
set
upon
it
)
to-morrow
.
She
has
been
greatly
missed
there
,
I
understand
.
”
Miss
Flite
received
the
compliment
with
complacency
,
and
dropped
a
general
curtsey
to
us
.
“
Honored
,
indeed
,
”
said
she
,
“
by
another
visit
from
the
Wards
in
Jarndyce
!
Ve-ry
happy
to
receive
Jarndyce
of
Bleak
House
beneath
my
humble
roof
!
”
with
a
special
curtsey
.
“
Fitz-Jarndyce
,
my
dear
;
”
she
had
bestowed
that
name
on
Caddy
,
it
appeared
,
and
always
called
her
by
it
;
“
a
double
welcome
!
”
“
Has
she
been
very
ill
?
”
asked
Mr.
Jarndyce
of
the
gentleman
whom
we
had
found
in
attendance
on
her
.
She
answered
for
herself
directly
,
though
he
had
put
the
question
in
a
whisper
.
“
O
decidedly
unwell
!
O
very
unwell
indeed
,
”
she
said
,
confidentially
.
“
Not
pain
,
you
know
—
trouble
.
Not
bodily
so
much
as
nervous
,
nervous
!
The
truth
is
,
”
in
a
subdued
voice
and
trembling
,
“
we
have
had
death
here
.
There
was
poison
in
the
house
.
I
am
very
susceptible
to
such
horrid
things
.
It
frightened
me
.
Only
Mr.
Woodcourt
knows
how
much
.
My
physician
,
Mr.
Woodcourt
!
”
with
great
stateliness
.
“
The
Wards
in
Jarndyce
—
Jarndyce
of
Bleak
House
—
Fitz-Jarndyce
!
”
“
Miss
Flite
,
”
said
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
in
a
grave
kind
voice
as
if
he
were
appealing
to
her
while
speaking
to
us
;
and
laying
his
hand
gently
on
her
arm
;
“
Miss
Flite
describes
her
illness
with
her
usual
accuracy
.
She
was
alarmed
by
an
occurrence
in
the
house
which
might
have
alarmed
a
stronger
person
,
and
was
made
ill
by
the
distress
and
agitation
.
She
brought
me
here
,
in
the
first
hurry
of
the
discovery
,
though
too
late
for
me
to
be
of
any
use
to
the
unfortunate
man
.
I
have
compensated
myself
for
that
disappointment
by
coming
here
since
,
and
being
of
some
small
use
to
her
.
”
“
The
kindest
physician
in
the
college
,
”
whispered
Miss
Flite
to
me
.
“
I
expect
a
Judgment
.
On
the
day
of
Judgment
.
And
shall
then
confer
estates
.
”
“
She
will
be
as
well
,
in
a
day
or
two
,
”
said
Mr.
Woodcourt
,
looking
at
her
with
an
observant
smile
,
“
as
she
ever
will
be
.
In
other
words
,
quite
well
of
course
.
Have
you
heard
of
her
good
fortune
?
”
“
Most
extraordinary
!
”
said
Miss
Flite
,
smiling
brightly
.
“
You
never
heard
of
such
a
thing
,
my
dear
!
Every
Saturday
,
Conversation
Kenge
,
or
Guppy
(
clerk
to
Conversation
K
.
)
,
places
in
my
hand
a
paper
of
shillings
.
Shillings
.
I
assure
you
!
Always
the
same
number
in
the
paper
.
Always
one
for
every
day
in
the
week
.
Now
you
know
,
really
!
So
well-timed
,
is
it
not
?
Ye-es
!
From
whence
do
these
papers
come
,
you
say
?
That
is
the
great
question
.
Naturally
.
Shall
I
tell
you
what
I
think
?
I
think
,
”
said
Miss
Flite
,
drawing
herself
back
with
a
very
shrewd
look
,
and
shaking
her
right
forefinger
in
a
most
significant
manner
,
“
that
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
aware
of
the
length
of
time
during
which
the
Great
Seal
has
been
open
,
(
for
it
has
been
open
a
long
time
!
)
forwards
them
.
Until
the
Judgment
I
expect
,
is
given
.
Now
that
's
very
creditable
,
you
know
.
To
confess
in
that
way
that
he
is
a
little
slow
for
human
life
.
So
delicate
!
Attending
Court
the
other
day
—
I
attend
it
regularly
—
with
my
documents
—
I
taxed
him
with
it
,
and
he
almost
confessed
.
That
is
,
I
smiled
at
him
from
my
bench
,
and
he
smiled
at
me
from
his
bench
.
But
it
's
great
good
fortune
,
is
it
not
?
And
Fitz-Jarndyce
lays
the
money
out
for
me
to
great
advantage
.
O
,
I
assure
you
to
the
greatest
advantage
!
”
I
congratulated
her
(
as
she
addressed
herself
to
me
)
upon
this
fortunate
addition
to
her
income
,
and
wished
her
a
long
continuance
of
it
.
I
did
not
speculate
upon
the
source
from
which
it
came
,
or
wonder
whose
humanity
was
so
considerate
.
My
Guardian
stood
before
me
,
contemplating
the
birds
,
and
I
had
no
need
to
look
beyond
him
.
“
And
what
do
you
call
these
little
fellows
,
ma'am
?
”
said
he
in
his
pleasant
voice
.
“
Have
they
any
names
?
”
“
I
can
answer
for
Miss
Flite
that
they
have
,
”
said
I
,
“
for
she
promised
to
tell
us
what
they
were
.
Ada
remembers
?
”
Ada
remembered
very
well
.
“
Did
I
?
”
said
Miss
Flite
.
—
“
Who
's
that
at
my
door
?
What
are
you
listening
at
my
door
for
,
Krook
?
”
The
old
man
of
the
house
,
pushing
it
open
before
him
,
appeared
there
with
his
fur-cap
in
his
hand
,
and
his
cat
at
his
heels
.
“
I
war
n't
listening
,
Miss
Flite
,
”
he
said
.
“
I
was
going
to
give
a
rap
with
my
knuckles
,
only
you
're
so
quick
!
”
“
Make
your
cat
go
down
.
Drive
her
away
!
”
the
old
lady
angrily
exclaimed
.
“
Bah
bah
!
—
There
ai
n't
no
danger
,
gentlefolks
,
”
said
Mr.
Krook
,
looking
slowly
and
sharply
from
one
to
another
,
until
he
had
looked
at
all
of
us
;
“
she
'd
never
offer
at
the
birds
when
I
was
here
,
unless
I
told
her
to
it
.
”
“
You
will
excuse
