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dance again�察�and I see such a fine girl sitting in the corner of the
sofa there by her mamma�察�see if I don¨t get her for a partner in a
jiffy� �There¨s Waddy!Sam Waddy making up to her�察 �won¨t I cut
him out�拭院�
And Mr。 Hunsden strode away。 I watched him through the open
folding´doors�察�he outstripped Waddy�察 �applied for the hand of the
fine girl�察 �and led her off triumphant。 She was a tall�察 �well´made�察�
full´formed�察�dashingly´dressed young woman�察�much in the style of
Mrs。 E。 Crimsworth�察�Hunsden whirled her through the waltz with
spirit�察�he kept at her side during the remainder of the evening�察�and
I read in her animated and gratified countenance that he
succeeded in making himself perfectly agreeable。 The mamma too
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��a stout person in a turban!Mrs。 Lupton by name�� looked well
pleased�察�prophetic visions probably flattered her inward eye。 The
Hunsdens were of an old stem�察 �and scornful as Yorke ��such was
my late interlocutor¨s name�� professed to be of the advantages of
birth�察 �in his secret heart he well knew and fully appreciated the
distinction his ancient�察�if not high lineage conferred on him in a
mushroom´place like X!�察 �concerning whose inhabitants it was
proverbially said�察 �that not one in a thousand knew his own
grandfather。 Moreover the Hunsdens�察 �once rich�察 �were still
independent�察 �and report affirmed that Yorke bade fair�察 �by his
success in business�察�to restore to pristine prosperity the partially
decayed fortunes of his house。 These circumstances considered�察�
Mrs。 Lupton¨s broad face might well wear a smile of complacency
as she contemplated the heir of Hunsden Wood occupied in paying
assiduous court to her darling Sarah Martha。 I�察 �however�察 �whose
observations being less anxious�察�were likely to be more accurate�察�
soon saw that the grounds for maternal self´congratulation were
slight indeed�察�the gentleman appeared to me much more desirous
of making�察�than susceptible of receiving an impression。 I know not
what it was in Mr。 Hunsden that�察�as I watched him ��I had nothing
better to do���察�suggested to me�察�every now and then�察�the idea of a
foreigner。 In form and features he might be pronounced English�察�
though even there one caught a dash of something Gallic�察�but he
had no English shyness�此�he had learnt somewhere�察�somehow�察�the
art of setting himself quite at his ease�察�and of allowing no insular
timidity to intervene as a barrier between him and his
convenience or pleasure。 Refinement he did not affect�察�yet vulgar
he could not be called�察 �he was not odd!no quiz!yet he
resembled no one else I had ever seen before�察�his general bearing
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intimated complete�察 �sovereign satisfaction with himself�察 �yet�察 �at
times�察 �an indescribable shade passed like an eclipse over his
countenance�察 �and seemed to me like the sign of a sudden and
strong inward doubt of himself�察�his words and actions´an energetic
discontent at his life or his social position�察�his future prospects or
his mental attainments!I know not which�察 �perhaps after all it
might only be a bilious caprice。
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Chapter IV
o man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake
Nin the choice of his profession�察�and every man�察�worthy of
the name�察�will row long against wind and tide before he
allows himself to cry out�察 �I am baffled� 院�and submits to be floated
passively back to land。 From the first week of my residence in X!
I felt my occupation irksome。 The thing itself!the work of copying
and translating business´letters!was a dry and tedious task
enough�察�but had that been all�察�I should long have borne with the
nuisance�察�I am not of an impatient nature�察�and influenced by the
double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and
others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman�察�I should
have endured in silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties�察�I
should not have whispered�察 �even inwardly�察 �that I longed for
liberty�察�I should have pent in every sigh by which my heart might
have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness�察�smoke�察�
monotony and joyless tumult of Bigben Close�察 �and its panting
desire for freer and fresher scenes�察�I should have set up the image
of Duty�察�the fetish of Perseverance�察�in my small bedroom at Mrs。
King¨s lodgings�察 �and they two should have been my household
gods�察�from which my darling�察�my cherished´in´secret�察�Imagination�察�
the tender and the mighty�察 �should never�察 �either by softness or
strength�察 �have severed me。 But this was not all�察 �the antipathy
which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking
deeper root and spreading denser shade daily�察�excluded me from
every glimpse of the sunshine of life�察 �and I began to feel like a
plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well。
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Antipathy is the only word which can express the feeling
Edward Crimsworth had for me!a feeling�察 �in a great measure�察�
involuntary�察�and which was liable to be excited by every�察�the most
trifling movement�察 �look�察 �or word of mine。 My southern accent
annoyed him�察 �the degree of education evinced in my language
irritated him�察 �my punctuality�察 �industry�察 �and accuracy�察 �fixed his
dislike�察�and gave it the high flavour and poignant relish of envy�察�he
feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman。 Had
I been in anything inferior to him�察�he would not have hated me so
thoroughly�察�but I knew all that he knew�察�and�察�what was worse�察�he
suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in
which he was no sharer。 If he could have once placed me in a
ridiculous or mortifying position�察 �he would have forgiven me
much�察 �but I was guarded by three faculties!Caution�察 �Tact�察�
Observation�察�and prowling and prying as was Edward¨s malignity�察�
it could never baffle the lynx´eyes of these�察�my natural sentinels。
Day by day did his malice watch my tact�察 �hoping it would sleep�察�
and prepared to steal snake´like on its slumber�察 �but tact�察 �if it be
genuine�察�never sleeps。
I had received my first quarter¨s wages�察 �and was returning to
my lodgings�察 �possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling
that the master who had paid me grudged every penny of