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clothes in her customary far´off manner。 They suggested one
distinct idea to her察for she said察with her placid smile察and shaking
her head察 My good Miss Summerson察at half the cost察 this weak
child might have been equipped for Africa 院
On our going downstairs again察Mrs Jellyby asked me whether
this troublesome business was really to take place next
Wednesday拭And on my replying yes察she said察 Will my room be
required察my dear Miss Summerson拭For it¨s quite impossible that
I can put my papers away。 ̄
I took the liberty of saying that the room would certainly be
wanted察 and that I thought we must put the papers away
somewhere。 ^Well察my dear Miss Summerson察院 said Mrs Jellyby察
^you know best察I dare say。 But by obliging me to employ a boy察
Caddy has embarrassed me to that extent察 overwhelmed as I am
with public business察 that I don¨t know which way to turn。 We
have a Ramification meeting察 too察 on Wednesday afternoon察 and
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the inconvenience is very serious。 ̄
^It is not likely to occur again察院said I察smiling。 ^Caddy will be
married but once察probably。 ̄
^That¨s true察院 Mrs Jellyby replied察 that¨s true察 my dear。 I
suppose we must make the best of it 院
The next question was察how Mrs Jellyby should be dressed on
the occasion。 I thought it very curious to see her looking on
serenely from her writing´table察 while Caddy and I discussed it察
occasionally shaking her head at us with a half´reproachful smile察
like a superior spirit who could just bear with our trifling。
The state in which her dresses were察 and the extraordinary
confusion in which she kept them察 added not a little to our
difficulty察but at length we devised something not very unlike what
a common´place mother might wear on such an occasion。 The
abstracted manner in which Mrs Jellyby would deliver herself up
to having this attire tried on by the dressmaker察and the sweetness
with which she would then observe to me how sorry she was that I
had not turned my thoughts to Africa察 were consistent with the
rest of her behaviour。
The lodging was rather confined as to space察but I fancied that
if Mrs Jellyby¨s household had been the only lodgers in Saint
Paul¨s or Saint Peter¨s察the sole advantage they would have found
in the size of the building would have been its affording a great
deal of room to be dirty in。 I believe that nothing belonging to the
family察which it had been possible to break察was unbroken at the
time of those preparations for Caddy¨s marriage察 that nothing
which it had been possible to spoil in any way察was unspoilt察and
that no domestic object which was capable of collecting dirt察form
a dear child¨s knee to the door´plate察was without as much dirt as
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could well accumulate upon it。
Poor Mr Jellyby察who very seldom spoke察and almost always sat
when he was at home with his head against the wall察 became
interested when he saw that Caddy and I were attempting to
establish some order among all this waste and ruin察 and took off
his coat to help。 But such wonderful things came tumbling out of
the closets when they were opened!bits of mouldy pie察 sour
bottles察Mrs Jellyby¨s caps察letters察tea察forks察odd boots and shoes
of children察 firewood察 wafers察 saucepan´lids察 damp sugar in odds
and ends of paper bags察footstools察black´lead brushes察bread察Mrs
Jellyby¨s bonnets察 books with butter sticking to the binding察
guttered candle´ends put out by being turned upside down in
broken candlesticks察nutshells察heads and tails of shrimps察dinner´
mats察 gloves察 coffee´grounds察 umbrellas!that he looked
frightened察 and left off again。 But he came in regularly every
evening察and sat without his coat察with his head against the wall察
as though he would have helped us察if he had known how。
^Poor Pa 院said Caddy to me察on the night before the great day察
when we really had got things a little to rights。 ^It seems unkind to
leave him察 Esther察 but what could I do if I stayed Since I first
knew you察 I have tidied and tidied over and over again察 but it¨s
useless。 Ma and Africa察 together察 upset the whole house directly。
We never have a servant who don¨t drink。 Ma¨s ruinous to
everything。 ̄
Mr Jellyby could not hear what she said察 but he seemed very
low indeed察and shed tears察I thought。
^My heart aches for him察that it does 院sobbed Caddy。 ^I can¨t
help thinking察tonight察Esther察how dearly I hope to be happy with
Prince察and how dearly Pa hoped察I dare say察to be happy with Ma。
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What a disappointed life 院
^My dear Caddy 院 said Mr Jellyby察 looking slowly round from
the wall。 It was the first time察I think察I ever heard him say three
words together。
^Yes察 Pa察院 cried Caddy察 going to him and embracing him
affectionately。
^My dear Caddy察院said Mr Jellyby。 ^Never have! ̄
^Not Prince察Pa拭院faltered Caddy。 ^Not have Prince拭院
^Yes察 my dear察院 said Mr Jellyby。 ^Have him察 certainly。 But察
never have! ̄
I mentioned察in my account of our first visit in Thavies Inn察that
Richard described Mr Jellyby as frequently opening his mouth
after dinner without saying anything。 It was a habit of his。 He
opened his mouth now察a great many times察and shook his head in
a melancholy manner。
^What do you wish me not to have拭Don¨t have what察dear Pa拭院
asked Caddy察coaxing him察with her arms round his neck。
^Never have a mission察my dear child。 ̄
Mr Jellyby groaned察 and laid his head against the wall again察
and this was the only time I ever heard him make any approach to
expressing his sentiments on the Borrioboolan question。 I suppose
he had been more talkative and lively察 once察 but he seemed to
have been completely exhausted long before I knew him。
I thought Mrs Jellyby never would have left off serenely looking
over her papers察 and drinking coffee察 that night。 It was twelve
o¨clock before we could obtain possession of the room察 and the
clearance it required then察was so discouraging察that Caddy察 who
was almost tired out察sat down in the middle of the dust and cried。
But she soon cheered up察 and we did wonders with it before we
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went to bed。
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