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on   the   general   subject   which   have   been   extensively   circulated察

while I finish a letter I am now dictating!to my eldest daughter察

who is my amanuensis! ̄ 

    The girl at the table left off biting her pen察and made a return to 

our recognition察which was half bashful and half sulky。 

    ^!I   shall   then   have   finished   for   the   present察院  proceeded   Mrs 

Jellyby察   with   a  sweet    smile察   though     my    work    is  never   done。 

Where are you察Caddy拭院

    ^`Presents   her   compliments   to   Mr   Swallow察  and   begs!¨ ̄   said 

Caddy。 

    ^`And   begs察 ̄   said   Mrs    Jellyby察  dictating察   亜to   inform   him   in 

reference      to  his  letter  of  inquiry   on   the   African    project。¨!No察

Peepy Not on any account 院

    Peepy so self´named was the unfortunate child who had fallen 

downstairs察      who      now     interrupted      the    correspondence         by 

presenting   himself察     with   a  strip   of  plaister  on   his  forehead察   to 

exhibit   his   wounded   knees察      in  which   Ada    and   I  did  not   know 

which   to   pity   most!the   bruises   or   the   dirt。   Mrs   Jellyby   merely 

added察with the serene composure with which she said everything察

^Go along察you naughty Peepy 院and fixed her fine eyes on Africa 

again。 

    However察as she at once proceeded with her dictation察and as I 

interrupted   nothing   by   doing   it察  I   ventured   quietly   to   stop   poor 

Peepy as he was going out察and to take him up to nurse。 He looked 



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very much astonished at it察and at Ada¨s kissing him察but soon fell 

fast   asleep   in   my   arms察  sobbing   at   longer   and   longer   intervals察

until   he   was   quiet。   I   was   so   occupied   with   Peepy   that   I   lost   the 

letter in detail察though I derived such a general impression from it 

of    the    momentous         importance        of   Africa察    and     the    utter 

insignificance       of  all  other   places    and   things察   that   I  felt  quite 

ashamed to have thought so little about it。 

    ^Six    o¨clock 院   said   Mrs    Jellyby。    ^And     our   dinner     hour    is 

nominally for we dine at all hours five Caddy察show Miss Clare 

and   Miss   Summerson   their   rooms。   You   will   like   to   make   some 

change察  perhaps拭  You         will  excuse    me察  I  know察   being   so   much 

occupied。      O察  that   very   bad    child   Pray    put   him    down察    Miss 

Summerson 院

    I begged permission to retain him察truly saying that he was not 

at  all   troublesome察and   carried   him   upstairs   and laid   him   on   my 

bed。     Ada     and    I   had    two    upper     rooms察     with    a   door    of 

communication           between。      They     were     excessively      bare     and 

disorderly察and the curtain to my window was fastened up with a 

fork。 

    ^You     would    like  some     hot   water察  wouldn¨t     you拭院   said   Miss 

Jellyby察looking round for a jug with a handle to it察but looking in 

vain。 

    ^If it is not being troublesome察院said we。 

    ^O察it¨s not the trouble察院returned Miss Jellyby察 the question is察

if there is any。 ̄ 

    The    evening     was    so  very   cold察  and    the  rooms     had    such   a 

marshy smell察that I must confess it was a little miserable察and Ada 

was     half  crying。    We    soon   laughed察    however察    and    were    busily 

unpacking察      when    Miss    Jellyby   came   back     to   say察 that   she  was 



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sorry there was no hot water察but they couldn¨t find the kettle察and 

the boiler was out of order。 

    We   begged   her   not   to   mention   it察  and   made   all   the   haste   we 

could to get down to the fire again。 But all the little children had 

come   up   to   the   landing   outside察  to   look   at   the   phenomenon   of 

Peepy   lying   on   my  bed察  and   our   attention   was   distracted   by   the 

constant   apparition   of   noses   and   fingers察  in   situations   of   danger 

between the hinges of the doors。 It was impossible to shut the door 

of   either   room察  for   my   lock察  with   no   knob   to   it察  looked   as   if   it 

wanted   to   be   wound   up察  and   though   the   handle   of   Ada¨s   went 

round   and   round   with   the   greatest   smoothness察  it   was   attended 

with no effect whatever on the door。 Therefore I proposed to  the 

children that they should   come   in   and be   very  good   at  my  table察

and I would tell them the story of little Red Riding Hood   while   I 

dressed察  which   they   did察  and        were    as   quiet   as   mice察  including 

Peepy察who awoke opportunely before the appearance of the wolf。 

    When   we   went   downstairs   we   found   a   mug察  with   ^A   Present 

from Tunbridge Wells察院on it察  lighted   up in  the   staircase   window 

with   a   floating   wick察  and   a    young   woman察       with   a   swelled    face 

bound   up   in   a   flannel   bandage察  blowing   the   fire   of   the   drawing´ 

room now connected by an open door  with  Mrs   Jellyby¨s   room察

and choking dreadfully。 It smoked to that degree in short察that we 

all   sat   coughing   and   crying   with   the   windows   open   for   half   an 

hour察    during     which     Mrs    Jellyby察   with    the   same     sweetness      of 

temper察directed letters about Africa。 Her being so employed was察

I   must   say察  a   great   relief   to   me察  for   Richard   told   us   that   he   had 

washed his hands in a pie´dish察and that they had found the kettle 

on his dressing´table察and he made Ada laugh so察that they made 

me laugh in the most ridiculous manner。 



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    Soon after seven o¨clock we went down to dinner此carefully察by 

Mrs     Jellyby¨s    advice察   for   the  stair´carpets察    besides     being    very 

deficient  in   stair´wires察  were   so   torn   as   to   be   absolute   traps。   We 

had   a   fine cod´fish察a   piece   of  roast beef察  a  dish  of   cutlets察  and   a 

pudding察an excellent dinner察if it had had any cooking to speak of察

but it was almost raw。 The young woman with the flannel bandage 

waited察     and    dropped       everything       on   the    table    wherever       it 

happened to go察and never moved it again until she put it on the 

stairs。   The   person   I   had   seen   in   pattens   who   I   suppose   to   have 

been   the   cook察  frequently   came   and   skirmished   with   her   at   the 

door察and there appeared to be ill´will between them。 

    All   through   dinner察  which   was   long察  in   consequence   of   such 

accidents as the dish of potatoes being mislaid in the coal scuttle察

and     the   handle    of  the   corkscrew      coming      off察 and   striking    the 

young woman in the chin察Mrs Jellyby preserved the evenness of 

her disposition。 She told us a great deal that was interesting about 

Borrioboola´Gha   and   the   natives察  and   received            so   many   letters 

that Richard察who  sat  by  her察  saw  four  envelopes  in  the   gravy  at 

once。 Some of the letters were proceedings of ladies¨ committees察

or   resolutions   of   ladies¨   meetings察  which   she   read   to   us察  others 

were  applications   

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