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eats a deal。 It would be better to allow her for her keep。 ̄
Judy察with her brother¨s wink察shakes her head察and purses up
her mouth into No察without saying it。
^No拭院returns the old man。 ^Why not拭院
^She¨d want sixpence a´day察 and we can do it for less察院 says
Judy。
^Sure拭院
Judy answers with a nod of deepest meaning察and calls察as she
scrapes the butter on the loaf with every precaution against waste察
and cuts it into slices察 You Charley察 where are you拭院 Timidly
obedient to the summons察a little girl in a rough apron and a large
bonnet察 with her hands covered with soap and water察 and a
scrubbing brush in one of them察appears察and curtseys。
^What work are you about now拭院says Judy察making an ancient
snap at her察like a very sharp old beldame。
^I¨m a´cleaning the upstairs back room察miss察院replies Charley。
^Mind you do it thoroughly察and don¨t loiter。 Shirking won¨t do
for me。 Make haste Go along 院cries Judy察with a stamp upon the
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ground。 ^You girls are more trouble than you¨re worth察by half。 ̄
On this severe matron察as she returns to her task of scraping the
butter and cutting the bread察 falls the shadow of her brother察
looking in at the window。 For whom察 knife and loaf in hand察she
opens the street door。
^Ay察 ay察 Bart 院 says Grandfather Smallweed。 ^Here you are察
hey拭院
^Here I am察院says Bart。
^Been alone with your friend again察Bart拭院
Small nods。
^Dining at his expense察Bart拭院
Small nods again。
^That¨s right。 Live at his expense as much as you can察and take
warning by his foolish example。 That¨s the use of such a friend。
The only use you can put him to察院says the venerable sage。
His grandson察 without receiving this good counsel as dutifully
as he might察 honours it with all such acceptance as may lie in a
slight wink and a nod察and takes a chair at the tea´table。 The four
old faces then hover over teacups察 like a company of ghastly
cherubim察 Mrs Smallweed perpetually twitching her head and
chattering at the trivets察 and Mr Smallweed requiring to be
repeatedly shaken up like a large black draught。
^Yes察yes察院says the good old gentleman察reverting to his lesson
of wisdom。 ^That¨s such advice as your father would have given
you察Bart。 You never saw your father。 More¨s the pity。 He was my
true son。 ̄ Whether it is intended to be conveyed that he was
particularly pleasant to look at察on that account察does not appear。
^He was my true son察院 repeats the old gentleman察 folding his
bread and butter on his knee察 a good accountant察and died fifteen
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years ago。 ̄
Mrs Smallweed察 following her usual instinct察 breaks out with
^Fifteen hundred pound。 Fifteen hundred pound in a black box察
fifteen hundred pound locked up察fifteen hundred pound put away
and hid 院Her worthy husband察setting aside his bread and butter察
immediately discharges the cushion at her察crushes her against the
side of her chair察 and falls back in his own察 overpowered。 His
appearance察 after visiting Mrs Smallweed with one of these
admonitions察 is particularly impressive and not wholly
prepossessing此 firstly察 because the exertion generally twists his
black skull cap over one eye and gives him an air of goblin
rakishness察 secondly察 because he mutters violent imprecations
against Mrs Smallweed察and thirdly察because the contrast between
those powerful expressions and his powerless figure is suggestive
of a baleful old malignant察who would be very wicked if he could。
All this察 however察 is so common in the Smallweed family circle察
that it produces no impression。 The old gentleman is merely
shaken察 and has his internal feathers beaten up察 the cushion is
restored to its usual place beside him察 and the old lady察 perhaps
with her cap adjusted察 and perhaps not察 is planted in her chair
again察ready to be bowled down like a ninepin。
Some time elapses察 in the present instance察 before the old
gentleman is sufficiently cool to resume his discourse察 and even
then he mixes it up with several edifying expletives addressed to
the unconscious partner of his bosom察who holds communication
with nothing on earth but trivets。 As thus此
^If your father察 Bart察 had lived longer察 he might have been
worth a great deal of money!you brimstone chatterer but just
as he was beginning to build up the house that he had been
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making the foundations for察 through many a year!you jade of a
magpie察jackdaw察and poll´parrot察what do you mean he took ill
and died of a low fever察always being a sparing and a spare man察
full of business care!I should like to throw a cat at you instead of
a cushion察 and I will too if you make such a confounded fool of
yourself and your mother察who was a prudent woman as dry as a
chip察just dwindled away like touchwood after you and Judy were
born!You are an old pig。 You are a brimstone pig。 You¨re a head
of swine 院
Judy察 not interested in what she has often heard察 begins to
collect in a basin various tributary streams of tea from the bottoms
of cups and saucers and from the bottom of the teapot察for the little
charwoman¨s evening meal。 In like manner she gets together察 in
the iron bread´basket察as many outside fragments and worn´down
heels of loaves as the rigid economy of the house has left in
existence。
^But your father and me were partners察 Bart察院 says the old
gentleman察 and when I am gone察you and Judy will have all there
is。 It¨s rare for you both察that you went out early in life!Judy to
the flower business察and you to the law。 You won¨t want to spend
it。 You¨ll get your living without it察and put more to it。 When I am
gone察Judy will go back to the flower business察and you¨ll stick to
the law。 ̄
One might infer察 from Judy¨s appearance察 that her business
rather lay with the thorns than the flowers察 but察 she has察 in her
time察been apprenticed to the art and mystery of artificial flower´
making。 A close observer might perhaps detect both in her eye
and her brother¨s察when their venerable grandsire anticipates his
being gone察some little impatience to know when he may be going察
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and some resentful opinion that it is time th