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service   to   their   neighbours察  and   a   satisfaction   to   themselves。   My 

young family are not frivolous察they expend the entire amount of 

their   allowance察  in   subscriptions察  under   my   direction察  and   they 

have attended as many public meetings察and listened   to  as   many 

lectures察  orations察  and   discussions察  as   generally   fall   to   the   lot   of 

few   grown   people。   Alfred   five察  who察  as   I   mentioned察  has   of   his 

own election joined the Infant Bonds of  Joy察  was   one  of  the  very 

few children who manifested consciousness on that occasion察after 

a fervid address of two hours from the chairman of the evening。 ̄ 

    Alfred glowered at us as if he never could察or would察forgive the 

injury of that night。 

    ^You      may     have     observed察     Miss     Summerson察院         said    Mrs 

Pardiggle察   in   some   of   the   lists   to   which   I   have   referred察  in   the 

possession of our esteemed friend Mr Jarndyce察that the names of 

my young family are concluded with the name of O。 A。 Pardiggle察

F。R。S。察  one   pound。   That   is   their   father。   We   usually   observe   the 

same   routine。   I   put   down   my   mite   first察  then   my   young   family 

enroll   their  contributions察according  to  their   ages   and   their   little 

means察and then Mr Pardiggle brings up the rear。 Mr Pardiggle is 

happy  to  throw  in   his   limited   donation察  under   my   direction察  and 

thus things are made察not only pleasant to ourselves察but察we trust察



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improving to others。 ̄ 

    Suppose      Mr    Pardiggle    were    to   dine   with   Mr    Jellyby察  and 

suppose   Mr   Jellyby   were   to   relieve   his   mind   after   dinner   to   Mr 

Pardiggle察  would   Mr   Pardiggle察  in   return察  make   any  confidential 

communication to Mr Jellyby拭I was quite confused to find myself 

thinking this察but it came into my head。 

    ^You are very pleasantly situated here 院said Mrs Pardiggle。 

   We were glad to change the subject察and察going to the window察

pointed out the beauties of the prospect察on which the spectacles 

appeared to me to rest with curious indifference。 

    ^You know Mr Gusher拭院said our visitor。 

   We   were   obliged   to   say   that   we   had   not   the   pleasure   of   Mr 

Gusher¨s acquaintance。 

    ^The loss is yours察I assure you察院said Mrs Pardiggle察with her 

commanding          deportment。      ^He    is  a   very   fervid    impassioned 

speaker!full   of   fire   Stationed   in   a   waggon   on   this   lawn察  now察

which察from the shape of the land察is naturally adapted to a public 

meeting察     he   would     improve     almost     any   occasion     you    could 

mention for hours and hours By this time察young ladies察院said Mrs 

Pardiggle察  moving   back   to   her   chair察  and     overturning察  as     if   by 

invisible   agency察  a   little   round   table   at   a   considerable  distance 

with my work´basket on it察 by this time you have found me out察I 

dare say拭院

    ^This was really such a confusing question  that  Ada looked at 

me     in  perfect    dismay。     As   to   the   guilty   nature    of   my   own 

consciousness察after what I had been thinking察it must have been 

expressed in the colour of my cheeks。 

    ^Found out察I mean察院said Mrs Pardiggle察 the prominent point 

in   my   character。     I  am  aware     that  it  is  so  prominent     as  to  be 



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discoverable immediately。 I lay myself open to detection察I know。 

Well I freely admit察I am a woman of business。 I love hard work察I 

enjoy     hard     work。    The    excitement       does    me    good。     I  am    so 

accustomed        and    inured    to  hard    work    that   I  don¨t   know    what 

fatigue is。 ̄ 

    We murmured that it was very astonishing and very gratifying察

or   something   to   that   effect。   I   don¨t   think   we   knew   why   it   was 

either察but this was what our politeness expressed。 

    ^I do not understand what it is to be tired察you cannot tire me if 

you try 院said Mrs Pardiggle。 ^The quantity  of  exertion   which  is 

no   exertion   to   me察  the   amount   of   business   which   I   regard   as 

nothing察  that   I   go   through察  sometimes   astonishes   myself。   I   have 

seen   my   young   family察      and   Mr   Pardiggle察    quite   worn    out   with 

witnessing it察when I may truly say I have been as fresh as a lark 院

    If that dark´visaged eldest boy could look more malicious than 

he had already looked察this was the time when he did it。 I observed 

that he doubled his right fist察and delivered a secret blow into the 

crown of his cap察which was under his left arm。 

    ^This     gives   me    a  great    advantage      when     I  am   making      my 

rounds察院said Mrs Pardiggle。 ^If I find a person unwilling to hear 

what  I   have   to  say察  I   tell   that   person   directly察   I   am   incapable   of 

fatigue察my good friend察I am never tired察and I mean to go on until 

I   have   done。¨   It   answers   admirably   Miss   Summerson察  I   hope   I 

shall have your assistance in my visiting rounds immediately察and 

Miss Clare¨s very soon拭院

    At first I tried to excuse myself察for the present察on the general 

ground      of  having     occupations      to  attend    to察 which     I  must    not 

neglect。   But  as   this   was   an   ineffectual   protest察  I   then   said察  more 

particularly察  that  I   was   not   sure   of   my   qualifications。   That   I   was 



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inexperienced        in  the   art  of  adapting     my   mind     to  minds    very 

differently  situated察and   addressing   them   from   suitable   points   of 

view。   That   I   had   not   that   delicate   knowledge   of   the   heart   which 

must be essential to such a work。 That I had much to learn察myself察

before   I   could   teach   others察  and   that   I   could   not   confide   in   my 

good intentions alone。 For these reasons察I thought it best to be as 

useful as I could察and to render what kind services I could察to those 

immediately        about    me察  and    to  try   to  let  that   circle   of  duty 

gradually and naturally expand itself。 All this I said察with anything 

but confidence察because Mrs Pardiggle was much older than I察and 

had great experience察and was so very military in her manners。 

    ^You are wrong察Miss Summerson察院said she此 but perhaps you 

are not equal to hard work察or the excitement of it察and that makes 

a   vast   difference。   If   you   would   like   to   see   how   I   go   through   my 

work察    I   am    now    about!with        my    young     family!to       visit  a 

brickmaker in the neighbourhood a very bad character察and shall 

be glad to take you with me。 Miss Clare also察if she will do me the 

favour。 ̄ 

   Ada and I interchanged looks察and察as we were going out in any 

case察accepted the offer。 When we hastily returned from putting on 

our bonnets察 we   found   the   young  family languishing  in   a corner察

and     Mrs   Pardiggle     sweeping      about    the  room察   knocking      down 

nearly     all  the   light  objects    it  contained。     Mrs    Pardiggle     took 

possession of Ada察and I followed with the family。 

   Ada told me afterwards th

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