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believe she likes me。 If you could see young Mr Turveydrop察I am
sure you would think well of him!at least察I am sure you couldn¨t
possibly think any ill of him。 I am going there now察for my lesson。 I
couldn¨t ask you to go with me察 Miss Summerson察 but if you
would察院 said Caddy察 who had said all this察 earnestly and
tremblingly察 I should be very glad!very glad。 ̄
It happened that we had arranged with my Guardian to go to
Miss Flite¨s that day。 We had told him of our former visit察and our
account had interested him察but something had always happened
to prevent our going there again。 As I trusted that I might have
sufficient influence with Miss Jellyby to prevent her taking any
very rash step察if I fully accepted the confidence she was so willing
to place in me察 poor girl察 I proposed that she and I and Peepy
should go to the Academy察and afterwards meet my Guardian and
Ada at Miss Flite¨s!whose name I now learnt for the first time。
This was on condition that Miss Jellyby and Peepy should come
back with us to dinner。 The last article of the agreement being
joyfully acceded to by both察we smartened Peepy up a little察with
the assistance of a few pins察 some soap and water察 and a
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hairbrush察 and went out此 bending our steps towards Newman
Street察which was very near。
I found the Academy established in a sufficiently dingy house at
the corner of an archway察with busts in all the staircase windows。
In the same house there were also established察as I gathered from
the plates on the door察 a drawing´master察 a coal´merchant there
was察certainly察no room for his coals察and a lithographic artist。 On
the plate which察 in size and situation察 took precedence of all the
rest察I read察Mr TURVEYDROP。 The door was open察and the hall
was blocked up by a grand piano察 a harp察 and several other
musical instruments in cases察 all in progress of removal察 and all
looking rakish in the daylight。 Miss Jellyby informed me that the
Academy had been lent察last night察for a concert。
We went upstairs!it had been quite a fine house once察when it
was anybody¨s business to keep it clean and fresh察 and nobody¨s
business to smoke in it all day!and into Mr Turveydrop¨s great
room察 which was built out into a mews at the back察 and was
lighted by a skylight。 It was a bare察resounding room察smelling of
stables察with cane forms along the walls察and the walls ornamented
at regular intervals with painted lyres察 and little cut´glass
branches for candles察 which seemed to be shedding their old´
fashioned drops as other branches might shed autumn leaves。
Several young lady pupils察ranging from thirteen or fourteen years
of age to two or three and twenty察 were assembled察 and I was
looking among them for their instructor察 when Caddy察 pinching
my arm察 repeated the ceremony of introduction。 ^Miss
Summerson察Mr Prince Turveydrop 院
I curtseyed to a little blue´eyed fair man of youthful
appearance察with flaxen hair parted in the middle察and curling at
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the ends all round his head。 He had a little fiddle察which we used
to call at school a kit察under his left arm察and its little bow in the
same band。 His little dancing shoes were particularly diminutive察
and he had a little innocent察 feminine manner察 which not only
appealed to me in an amiable way察 but made this singular effect
upon me此 that I received the impression that he was like his
mother察 and that his mother had not been much considered or
well used。 ̄
^I am very happy to see Miss Jellyby¨s friend察院he said察bowing
low to me。 ^I began to fear察院with timid tenderness察 as it was past
the usual time察that Miss Jellyby was not coming。 ̄
^I beg you will have the goodness to attribute that to me察who
have detained her察and to receive my excuses察sir察院said I。
^O dear 院said he。
^And pray察院I entreated察 do not allow me to be the cause of any
more delay。 ̄
With that apology I withdrew to a seat between Peepy who察
being well used to it察had already climbed into a corner place and
an old lady of a censorious countenance察whose two nieces were in
the class察and who was very indignant with Peepy¨s boots。 Prince
Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers察and
the young ladies stood up to dance。 Just then察there appeared from
a side´door察 old Mr Turveydrop察 in the full lustre of his
Deportment。
He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion察false teeth察
false whiskers察and a wig。 He had a fur collar察and he had a padded
breast to his coat察which only wanted a star or a broad blue ribbon
to be complete。 He was pinched in察 and swelled out察 and got up察
and strapped down察 as much as he could possibly bear。 He had
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such a neckcloth on puffing his very eyes out of their natural
shape察 and his chin and even his ears so sunk into it察 that it
seemed as though he must inevitably double up察 if it were cast
loose。 He had察 under his arm察 a hat of great size and weight察
shelving downward from the crown to the brim察and in his hand a
pair of white gloves察with which he flapped it察as he stood poised
on one leg察in a high´shouldered察round´elbowed state of elegance
not to be surpassed。 He had a cane察he had an eyeglass察he had a
snuff´box察he had rings察he had wristbands察he had everything but
any touch of nature察he was not like youth察he was not like age察he
was like nothing in the world but a model of Deportment。
^Father A visitor。 Miss Jellyby¨s friend察Miss Summerson。 ̄
^Distinguished察院 said Mr Turveydrop察 by Miss Summerson¨s
presence。 ̄ As he bowed to me in that tight state察I almost believe I
saw creases come into the whites of his eyes。
^My father察院said the son察aside to me察 with quite an affecting
belief in him察 is a celebrated character。 My father is greatly
admired。 ̄
^Go on察Prince Go on 院said Mr Turveydrop察standing with his
back to the fire察 and waving his gloves condescendingly。 ^Go on察
my son 院
At this command察 or by this gracious permission察 the lesson
went on。 Prince Turveydrop察 sometimes察 played the kit察 dancing察
sometimes played the piano察 standing此 sometimes hummed the
tune with what little breath he could spare察 while he set a pupil
right察 always conscientiously moved with the least proficient
through every step and every part of