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illness!a speaking likeness Over the piano察Mrs Bayham Badger 

when Mrs Swosser。 Over the sofa察Mrs Bayham Badger when Mrs 

Dingo。 Of Mrs Bayham Badger in esse察I possess the original察and 

have no copy。 ̄ 

   Dinner was now announced察and we went downstairs。 It was a 

very    genteel    entertainment察     very   handsomely      served。    But   the 

Captain and   the   Professor  still   ran   in   Mr  Badger¨s   head察  and察  as 

Ada and I had the honour of being under  his  particular care察  we 

had the full benefit of them。 

    ^Water察Miss Summerson拭Allow me Not in that tumbler察pray。 

Bring me the Professor¨s goblet察James 院

   Ada very much admired some artificial flowers察under a glass。 

    ^Astonishing how they keep 院said Mr Badger。 

    ^They were presented to Mrs Bayham Badger when she was in 

the Mediterranean。 ̄ 

   He invited Mr Jarndyce to take a glass of claret。 

    ^Not that claret 院he said。 ^Excuse me This is an occasion察and 

on   an   occasion   I   produce   some   very   special   claret   I   happen   to 

have。 James察Captain Swosser¨s wine。 Mr Jarndyce察this is a wine 

that was imported by the Captain察we will not say how many years 

ago。 You will find it very curious。 My dear察I shall be happy to take 

some     of  this  wine   with   you   Captain    Swosser¨s     claret  to  your 

mistress察James。 My love察your health 院

   After dinner察when we ladies retired察we took Mrs Badger¨s first 

and second husband with us。 Mrs Badger gave us察in the drawing´ 

room察  a   Biographical   sketch   of   the   life   and   services   of   Captain 

Swosser before   his marriage察  and a   more minute   account  of  him 

dating   from   the   time   when   he   fell   in   love   with   her察  at   a   ball   on 

board the Crippler察given to the officers of that ship when she lay 



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in Plymouth Harbour。 

    ^The   dear   old  Crippler 院  said   Mrs   Badger察  shaking   her   head。 

^She was a noble vessel。 Trim察ship´shape察all a taunto察as Captain 

Swosser       used   to   say。  You    must     excuse    me    if  I  occasionally 

introduce a nautical expression察I was quite a sailor once。 Captain 

Swosser loved that craft for my sake。 When she was no longer in 

commission察he frequently said that if he were rich enough to buy 

her old hulk察he would have an inscription let into the timbers of 

the quarter´deck where we stood as partners in the dance察to mark 

the spot where he fell!raked fore and aft Captain Swosser used 

to say by the fire from my tops。 It was his naval way of mentioning 

my eyes。 ̄ 

    Mrs Badger shook her head察sighed察and looked in the glass。 

    ^It   was   a  great   change     from    Captain    Swosser      to  Professor 

Dingo察院she resumed察with a plaintive smile。 ^I felt it a good deal at 

first。   Such   an   entire   revolution   in   my   mode   of   life   But   custom察

combined       with    science!particularly        science!inured        me    to  it。 

Being the Professor¨s sole companion in his botanical excursions察I 

almost     forgot   that   I  had    ever   been    afloat察 and    became     quite 

learned。     It   is  singular   that   the  Professor   was    the  Antipodes   of 

Captain      Swosser察    and   that   Mr   Badger     is  not  in  the   least  like 

either 院

    We    then    passed    into   a  narrative     of  the  deaths     of  Captain 

Swosser and Professor Dingo察both of whom seemed to have had 

very bad complaints。 In the course of it察Mrs Badger signified to us 

that  she   had   never   madly   loved   but   once察  and   that   the   object   of 

that   wild   affection察  never   to   be   recalled   in   its   fresh   enthusiasm察

was   Captain   Swosser。   The   Professor   was   yet   dying   by   inches   in 

the most dismal manner察and Mrs Badger was giving us imitations 



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of   his   way   of   saying察  with   great   difficulty察   Where   is   Laura拭  Let 

Laura   give   me   my   toast   and   water 院  when   the   entrance   of   the 

gentlemen consigned him to the tomb。 

    Now察I observed that evening察as I had observed for some days 

past察that Ada and Richard were more than ever attached to each 

other¨s society察which was but natural察seeing that they were going 

to be separated so soon。 I was therefore not very much surprised察

when   we   got   home察  and   Ada   and   I   retired   upstairs察  to   find   Ada 

more   silent   than   usual察  though   I   was   not   quite   prepared   for   her 

coming into my arms察and beginning to speak to me察with her face 

hidden。 

    ^My darling Esther 院murmured Ada。 ^I have a great secret to 

tell you 院

   A mighty secret察my pretty one察no doubt 

    ^What is it察Ada拭院

    ^O Esther察you would never guess 院

    ^Shall I try to guess拭院said I。 

    ^O no Don¨t Pray don¨t 院cried Ada察very much startled by the 

idea of my doing so。 

    ^Now   I   wonder   who   it   can   be   about拭院  said   I察  pretending   to 

consider。 

    ^It¨s  about察院   said   Ada   in  a  whisper。     ^It¨s  about!my       cousin 

Richard 院

    ^Well察my own 院said I察kissing her bright hair察which was all I 

could see。 ^And what about him拭院

    ^O Esther察you would never guess 院

    It was so pretty to have her clinging to me in that way察hiding 

her face察and to know that she was not crying in sorrow察but in a 

little  glow  of  joy察  and   pride察and   hope察  that  I   would not   help   her 



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just yet。 

    ^He says!I know it¨s   very  foolish察  we   are both  so  young!but 

he says察院with a burst of tears察 that he loves me dearly察Esther。 ̄ 

    ^Does he indeed拭院said I。 ^I never heard of such a thing Why察

my pet of pets察I could have told you that weeks and weeks ago 院

    To see Ada lift up her flushed face in joyful surprise察and hold 

me round the neck察and laugh察and cry察and blush察and laugh察was 

so pleasant 

    ^Why察my darling 院said I察 what a goose you must take me for 

Your  cousin   Richard  has been   loving  you  as   plainly   as   he   could察

for I don¨t know how long 院

    ^And yet you never said a word about it 院cried Ada察kissing me。 

    ^No察my love察院said I。 ^I waited to be told。 ̄ 

    ^But  now  I   have   told   you察  you   don¨t   think   it   wrong   of   me察  do 

you拭院returned Ada。 She might have coaxed me to say No察if I had 

been the hardest´hearted Duenna in the world。 Not being that yet察

I said No察very freely。 

    ^And now察院said I察 I know the worst of it。 ̄ 

    ^O   that¨s   not   quite   the   worst   of   it察 Esther   dear察院 cried   Ada察

holding     me    tighter察 and    laying   down    her   face   again   upon    my 

breast。 

    ^No拭院said I。 ^Not even that拭院

    ^No察not even that 院said Ada察shaking her head。 

    ^Why察you never mean to say ! 院I was beginning in joke。 

    But Ada察looking up and smiling through her tears察cried察 Yes I 

do You know察you know I do 院and then sobbed out察 With all my 

heart I do With all my whole heart察Esther 院

    I told her察laughing察why I had known that察too察just as well as I 

had known the other And we sat before the fire察and I had all the 



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