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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   

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