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Leicester Dedlock察and that the lady was Lady Dedlock。 But why
her face should be察in a confused way察like a broken glass to me察in
which I saw scraps of old remembrances察and why I should be so
fluttered and troubled for I was still察by having casually met her
eyes察I could not think。
I felt it to be an unmeaning weakness in me察 and I tried to
overcome it by attending to the words I heard。 Then察 very
strangely察I seemed to hear them察not in the reader¨s voice察but in
the well´remembered voice of my godmother。 This made me think。
Did Lady Dedlock¨s face accidentally resemble my godmother¨s拭It
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might be that it did察a little察but察 the expression was so different察
and the stern decision which had worn into my godmother¨s face察
like weather into rocks察 was so completely wanting in the face
before me察that it could not be that resemblance which had struck
me。 Neither did I know the loftiness and haughtiness of Lady
Dedlock¨s face察 at all察 in any one。 And yet I!I察 little Esther
Summerson察 the child who lived a life apart察 and on whose
birthday there was no rejoicing!seemed to arise before my own
eyes察 evoked out of the past by some power in this fashionable
lady察whom I not only entertained no fancy that I had ever seen察
but whom I perfectly well knew I had never seen until that hour。
It made me tremble so察 to be thrown into this unaccountable
agitation察 that I was conscious of being distressed even by the
observation of the French maid察 though I knew she had been
looking watchfully here察 and there察 and everywhere察 from the
moment of her coming into the church。 By degrees察 though very
slowly察I at last overcame my strange emotion。 After a long time察I
looked towards Lady Dedlock again。 It was while they were
preparing to sing察before the sermon。 She took no heed of me察and
the beating at my heart was gone。 Neither did it revive for more
than a few moments察when she once or twice afterwards glanced
at Ada or at me through her glass。
The service being concluded察 Sir Leicester gave his arm with
much state and gallantry to Lady Dedlock!though he was obliged
to walk by the help of a thick stick!and escorted her out of
church to the pony carriage in which they had come。 The servants
then dispersed察and so did the congregation此 whom Sir Leicester
had contemplated all along Mr Skimpole said to Mr Boythorn¨s
infinite delight察as if he were a considerable landed proprietor in
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Heaven。
^He believes he is 院said Mr Boythorn。 ^He firmly believes it。 So
did his father察and his grandfather察and his great´grandfather 院
^Do you know察院pursued Mr Skimpole察very unexpectedly to Mr
Boythorn察 it¨s agreeable to me to see a man of that sort。 ̄
^Is it 院said Mr Boythorn。
^Say that he wants to patronise me察院 pursued Mr Skimpole。
^Very well I don¨t object。 ̄
^I do察院said Mr Boythorn察with great vigour。
^Do you really拭院returned Mr Skimpole察in his easy light vein。
^But察 that¨s taking trouble察 surely。 And why should you take
trouble拭 Here am I察 content to receive things childishly察 as they
fall out此and I never take trouble I come down here for instance察
and I find a mighty potentate察 exacting homage。 Very well I say
`Mighty potentate察here is my homage It¨s easier to give it察than to
withhold it。 Here it is。 If you have anything of an agreeable nature
to show me察I shall be happy to see it察if you have anything of an
agreeable nature to give me察I shall be happy to accept it。¨ Mighty
potentate replies in effect察 This is a sensible fellow。 I find him
accord with my digestion and my bilious system。 He doesn¨t
impose upon me the necessity of rolling myself up like a hedgehog
with my points outward。 I expand察I open察I turn my silver lining
outward like Milton¨s cloud察and it¨s more agreeable to both of us。¨
That¨s my view of such things此speaking as a child 院
^But suppose you went down somewhere else tomorrow察院said
Mr Boythorn察 where there was the opposite of that fellow!or of
this fellow。 How then拭院
^How then拭院 said Mr Skimpole察 with an appearance of the
utmost simplicity and candour。 ^Just the same察then I should say察
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`My esteemed Boythorn¨!to make you the personification of our
imaginary friend!`my esteemed Boythorn察 you object to the
mighty potentate拭Very good。 So do I。 I take it that my business in
the social system is to be agreeable察 I take it that everybody¨s
business in the social system is to be agreeable。 It¨s a system of
harmony察 in short。 Therefore察 if you object察 I object。 Now察
excellent Boythorn察let us go to dinner  ̄
^But察 excellent Boythorn might say察院 returned our host察
swelling and growing very red察 I¨ll be! ̄
^I understand察院said Mr Skimpole。 ^Very likely he would。 ̄
^!if I will go to dinner 院cried Mr Boythorn察in a violent burst察
and stopping to strike his stick upon the ground。 ^And he would
probably add察 Is there such a thing as principle察 Mr Harold
Skimpole拭 ̄
^To which Harold Skimpole would reply察 you know察院 he
returned in his gayest manner察and with his most ingenuous smile察
^`Upon my life I have not the least idea I don¨t know what it is you
call by that name察or where it is察or who possesses it。 If you possess
it察and find it comfortable察I am quite delighted察and congratulate
you heartily。 But I know nothing about it察I assure you察for I am a
mere child察and I lay no claim to it察and I don¨t want it So you see察
excellent Boythorn and I would go to dinner after all 院
This was one of many little dialogues between them察 which I
always expected to end察and which I dare say would have ended!
under other circumstances察in some violent explosion on the part
of our host。 But he had so high a sense of his hospitable and
responsible position as our entertainer察and my Guardian laughed
so sincerely at and with Mr Skimpole察as a child who blew bubbles
and broke them all day long察that matters never went beyond this
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point。 Mr Skimpole察 who always seemed quite unconscious of
having been on delicate ground察then betook himself to beginning
some sketch in the park which he never finished察 or to playing
fragments of airs on the piano察or to singing scraps of songs察or to
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