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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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