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a goose you are 院

    ^I am engaged察Ma察院sobbed Caddy察 to young Mr Turveydrop察

at    the   Academy察      and    old   Mr    Turveydrop        who    is   a  very 

gentlemanly   man   indeed   has   given   his   consent察  and   I   beg   and 

pray   you¨ll   give   us   yours察  Ma察  because   I   never   could   be   happy 

without it。 I never察never could察院sobbed Caddy察quite forgetful of 

her    general     complainings察     and    of  everything     but   her    natural 

affection。 

    ^You     see   again察   Miss   Summerson察院        observed     Mrs    Jellyby察

serenely察 what a happiness it is to be so much occupied as I am察

and to have this necessity for self´concentration that I have。 Here 

is   Caddy     engaged     to  a   dancing´master¨s       son!mixed        up   with 

people     who    have   no   more    sympathy      with   the   destinies    of  the 

human race than she has herself This察too察when Mr Quale察one of 

the first philanthropists of our time察has mentioned to me that he 

was really disposed to be interested in her 院

    ^Ma察I always hated and detested Mr Quale 院sobbed Caddy。 

    ^Caddy察Caddy 院  returned   Mrs   Jellyby察  opening  another  letter 

with   the   greatest   complacency。   ^I   have   no   doubt   you   did。   How 

could   you  do  otherwise察  being  totally  destitute   of  the   sympathies 

with   which   he   overflows   Now察  if   my   public   duties      were    not   a 

favourite child to me察if I were not occupied with large measures 



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on   a   vast   scale察  these   petty   details   might   grieve   me   very   much察

Miss Summerson。 But can I permit  the   film   of a   silly  proceeding 

on    the  part   of  Caddy    from    whom     I  expect   nothing     else察 to 

interpose between me and the great African   continent拭 No。   No察院

repeated Mrs Jellyby察in a calm clear voice察and with an agreeable 

smile as she opened more letters and sorted them。 ^No察indeed。 ̄ 

   I was so unprepared for the perfect coolness of  this  reception察

though I might have expected it察that I did not know what to say。 

Caddy seemed equally at a loss。 Mrs Jellyby continued to open and 

sort letters察and to repeat occasionally察in quite a charming tone of 

voice察and with a smile of perfect composure察 No察indeed。 ̄ 

    ^I hope察Ma察院sobbed poor Caddy at last察 you are not angry拭院

    ^Oh    Caddy察    you   really   are  an   absurd    girl察院 returned     Mrs 

Jellyby察    to  ask   such   questions察   after  what    I  have   said  of  the 

preoccupation of my mind。 ̄ 

    ^And I hope察Ma察you give us your consent察and wish us well拭院

said Caddy。 

    ^You   are    a   nonsensical   child   to  have   done   anything     of  this 

kind察院said Mrs Jellyby察 and a degenerate child察when you might 

have devoted yourself to the great public measure。 But the step is 

taken察and I have engaged a boy察and there is no more to be said。 

Now察pray察Caddy察院said Mrs Jellyby!for Caddy was kissing her察

^don¨t delay me in my work察but let me clear off this heavy batch 

of papers before the afternoon post comes in 院

   I   thought    I  could   not  do   better   than   take   my   leave察  I  was 

detained   for   a   moment   by   Caddy¨s   saying!^You   won¨t   object   to 

my bringing him to see you察Ma拭院

    ^O dear me察Caddy察院cried Mrs Jellyby察who had relapsed into 

that    distant    contemplation察      have     you   begun     again拭    Bring 



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whom拭院

    ^Him察Ma。 ̄ 

    ^Caddy察  Caddy 院  said   Mrs   Jellyby察  quite   weary   of   such   little 

matters。 ^Then you must bring him some evening which  is   not a 

Parent Society night察or a Branch  night察  or  a   Ramification   night。 

You  must  accommodate   the   visit   to   the   demands   upon   my   time。 

My dear Miss Summerson察it was very kind of you to come here to 

help out this silly chit。 Good bye When I tell you that I have fifty´ 

eight     new     letters   from     manufacturing         families    anxious     to 

understand        the   details   of  the    Native    and    Coffee    Cultivation 

question察this morning察I need not apologise for having very little 

leisure。 ̄ 

    I   was   not   surprised   by   Caddy¨s   being   in   low   spirits察  when   we 

went downstairs察or by her sobbing afresh on my neck察or by her 

saying she would far rather  have   been scolded   than   treated   with 

such indifference察or by her confiding to me that she was so poor 

in   clothes察  that   how   she   was   ever   to   be   married   creditably   she 

didn¨t know。 I gradually cheered her up察by dwelling on the many 

things   she   would   do   for   her   unfortunate   father察  and   for   Peepy察

when she had a home of her own此and finally we went downstairs 

into   the   damp   dark   kitchen察  where   Peepy   and   his   little   brothers 

and sisters were grovelling on the stone floor察and where we had 

such a game of play with them察that to prevent myself from being 

quite   torn   to   pieces   I   was   obliged   to   fall   back   on   my   fairy   tales。 

From   time   to   time察  I   heard   loud   voices   in   the   parlour   overhead察

and occasionally a violent tumbling about of the furniture。 The last 

effect I am afraid was caused by poor Mr Jellyby¨s breaking away 

from the dining´table察and making rushes at the window with the 

intention of throwing himself into the area察whenever he made any 



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new attempt to understand his affairs。 

    As I rode quietly home at night after the day¨s bustle察I thought 

a   good    deal   of  Caddy¨s    engagement察      and   felt  confirmed      in  my 

hopes in spite of the elder Mr Turveydrop察that she would be the 

happier and better for it。 And if there seemed to be but a slender 

chance of her and her husband ever finding out what the model of 

Deportment really was察why that was all for the best too察and who 

would wish them to be wiser拭I did not wish them to be any wiser察

and   indeed   was      half  ashamed      of  not   entirely   believing     in  him 

myself。 And I looked up at the stars察and thought about travellers 

in   distant   countries   and   the   stars  they   saw察  and   hoped   I   might 

always be   so blest  and   happy  as   to   be   useful   to   some   one   in   my 

small way。 

    They were so glad to see me when I got home察as they  always 

were察that I could have sat down and cried for joy察if that had not 

been a   method   of   making   myself   disagreeable。   Everybody   in   the 

house察  from   the   lowest   to   the   highest察  showed   me   such   a   bright 

face   of   welcome察  and   spoke   so   cheerily察  and   was   so   happy   to   do 

anything for me察that I suppose there never was such a fortunate 

little creature in the world。 

    We got into such a chatty state that night察through Ada and my 

Guardian drawing me out to tell them all about Caddy察that I went 

on prose察prose察prosing察for a length of time。 At last I got up to my 

own   room察  quite  red   to  think   how  I   had   been   holding   forth察  and 

then I heard a soft tap at my door。 So I said察 Come in 院and there 

came      in  a  pretty   little  girl察 neatly   dressed     in  mourning察     who 

dropped a curtsey。 

    ^If   you   plea

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