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    ^Well察Richard察院said I察as soon as I could begin to be grave with 

him察 are you beginning to feel more settled now拭院



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    ^O yes察my dear 院returned Richard。 ^I am all right enough。 ̄ 

    ^But settled拭院said I。 

    ^How   do   you   mean察  settled拭院  returned   Richard察  with   his   gay 

laugh。 

    ^Settled in the law察院said I。 

    ^O aye察院replied Richard察 I¨m all right enough。 ̄ 

    ^You said that before察my dear Richard。 ̄ 

    ^And you don¨t think it¨s an answer察eh拭Well Perhaps it¨s not。 

Settled拭You mean察do I feel as if I were settling down拭院

    ^Yes。 ̄ 

    ^Why察no察I can¨t say I¨m settling down察院said Richard察strongly 

emphasising   `down察   as   if   that   expressed   the   difficulty察   because 

one    can¨t   settle  down     while   this  business    remains     in  such    an 

unsettled state。 When I say this business察of   course   I mean   the! 

forbidden subject。 ̄ 

    ^Do you think it will ever be in a settled state拭院said I。 

    ^Not the least doubt of it察院answered Richard。 

   We walked a little way without speaking察and presently Richard 

addressed me in his frankest and most feeling manner察thus此

    ^My   dear   Esther察  I   understand   you察  and   I   wish   to   Heaven   I 

were a more constant sort of fellow。 I don¨t mean constant to Ada察

for I love her dearly!better and better every day!but constant to 

myself。     Somehow察      I  mean    something      that   I  can¨t   very    well 

express察but you¨ll make it out。 If I were a more constant sort of 

fellow察  I   should   have  held   on察  either  to  Badger察  or  to   Kenge   and 

Carboy察like grim death察and should have begun to be steady and 

systematic by this time察and shouldn¨t be in debt! ̄ 

    ^Are you in debt察Richard拭院

    ^Yes察院said Richard察 I am a little so察my dear。 Also I have taken 



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too    rather    much     to  billiards察  and    that   sort  of   thing。   Now     the 

murder¨s out察you despise me察Esther察don¨t you拭院

    ^You know I don¨t察院said I。 

    ^You are kinder to me than I often am to myself察院he returned。 

^My   dear   Esther察  I   am   a   very   unfortunate   dog   not   to   be   more 

settled察but how can I be more settled拭If you live in an unfinished 

house察  you   couldn¨t  settle   down   in   it察  if   you   were   condemned   to 

leave    everything      you    undertook察     unfinished察    you    would    find   it 

hard   to   apply   yourself   to   anything察  and   yet   that¨s   my   unhappy 

case。    I  was    born    into   this   unfinished      contention      with    all  its 

chances and   changes察and   it began  to  unsettle   me   before   I   quite 

knew the difference between a suit at law and a suit of clothes察and 

it  has    gone   on   unsettling   me      ever   since察  and    here   I  am    now察

conscious sometimes that I am   but a   worthless   fellow  to  love   my 

confiding cousin Ada。 ̄ 

    We were in a solitary place察and he put his hand before his eyes 

and sobbed as he said the words。 

    ^O   Richard 院  said   I察   do   not   be   so   moved。   You   have   a   noble 

nature察and Ada¨s love may make you worthier every day。 ̄ 

    ^I   know察  my   dear察院  he   replied   pressing   my   arm察   I   know   all 

that。 You musn¨t mind my being a little soft now察for I have had all 

this upon my mind for a long time察and have often meant to speak 

to   you察  and   have   sometimes   wanted   opportunity   and   sometimes 

courage。 I know what the thought of Ada ought to do for me察but it 

doesn¨t   do   it。   I   am   too   unsettled   even   for   that。   I   love   her   most 

devotedly察  and   yet  I   do  her  wrong察  in   doing   myself   wrong察  every 

day and hour。 But it can¨t last for ever。 We shall come on for a final 

hearing察  and  get   judgment   in   our   favour察  and   then   you   and   Ada 

shall see what I can really be 院



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    It had given me a pang to hear him sob察and see the tears start 

out between his fingers察but that was infinitely less affecting to me察

than the hopeful animation with which he said these words。 

    ^I have looked well into the papers察Esther!I have been deep 

in them for months察院he continued察recovering his cheerfulness in 

a   moment察   and      you   may   rely   upon    it   that   we  shall   come   out 

triumphant。 As to years of delay察there has been no want of them察

Heaven knows and there is the greater probability of our bringing 

the matter to a speedy close察in fact察it¨s on the paper now。 It will 

be all right at last察and then you shall see 院

    Recalling     how    he   had   just   now    placed    Messrs。    Kenge     and 

Carboy in the same category  with  Mr  Badger察  I   asked   him   when 

he intended to be articled in Lincoln¨s Inn拭

    ^There   again   I   think   not   at  all察  Esther察院  he   returned   with   an 

effort。 ^I fancy I have had enough of it。 Having worked at Jarndyce 

and   Jarndyce   like   a   galley   slave察  I   have   slaked   my   thirst   for   the 

law察and satisfied myself that I shouldn¨t like it。 Besides察I   find   it 

unsettles me more and more to be so constantly upon the scene of 

action。 So what察院continued Richard察confident again by this time察

^do I naturally turn my thoughts to拭院

    ^I can¨t imagine察院said I。 

    ^Don¨t look so serious察院returned Richard察 because it¨s the best 

thing I can do察my dear Esther察I am certain。 It¨s not as if I wanted 

a profession for life。 These proceedings will come to a termination察

and then I am provided for。 No。 I look upon it as a pursuit which is 

in   its   nature   more   or   less   unsettled察  and   therefore   suited   to   my 

temporary condition!I may say察precisely suited。 What is it that I 

naturally turn my thoughts to拭院

    I looked at him察and shook my head。 



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    ^What察院said Richard察in a tone  of perfect  conviction察   but  the 

army 院

    ^The army拭院said I。 

    ^The army察of course。 What I have to do察is察to get a commission察

and!there I am察you know 院said Richard。 

    And then he showed me察proved by elaborate calculations in his 

pocket´book察that supposing he had   contracted察  say  two  hundred 

pounds      of  debt    in  six   months察    out   of  the   army察   and    that   he 

contracted   no   debt   at   all   within   a   corresponding   period察  in   the 

army!as to which he had quite made up his mind察this step must 

involve     a   saving    of  four    hundred      pounds     in   a  year察   or  two 

thousand   pounds   in   five   years!which   was   a   considerable   sum。 

And   then   he  spoke  so ingenuously  and  sincerely察  of   the   sacrifice 

he made in withdrawing  himself  for  a   time  from   Ada察and   of  the 

earnestness with which he aspired!as in thought he always did察I 

know   full   well!to   repay   her   love察  and   to   ensure   her   happiness察

and to conquer what was amiss in himself察and to acquire the very 

soul of decision察that he made my heart ache keenly察sorely

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