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^Lord bless you察my dear boy He relies upon everybody 院said
Mr Jarndyce察giving his head a great rub察and stopping short。
^Indeed察sir拭院
^Everybody And he¨ll be in the same scrape again察next week 院
said Mr Jarndyce察walking again at a great pace察with a candle in
his hand that had gone out。 ^He¨s always in the same scrape。 He
was born in the same scrape。 I verily believe that the
announcement in the newspapers when his mother was confined察
was `On Tuesday last察at her residence in Botheration Buildings察
Mrs Skimpole of a son in difficulties。¨ ̄
Richard laughed heartily察but added察 Still察sir察I don¨t want to
shake his confidence察or to break his confidence察and if I submit to
your better knowledge again察 that I ought to keep his secret察 I
hope you will consider before you press me any more。 Of course察if
you do press me察sir察I shall know I am wrong察and will tell you。 ̄
^Well 院cried Mr Jarndyce察stopping again察and making several
absent endeavours to put his candlestick in his pocket。 ^I!here
Take it away察my dear。 I don¨t know what I am about with it察it¨s all
the wind!invariably has that effect!I won¨t press you察Rick察you
may be right。 But察 really!to get hold of you and Esther!and to
squeeze you like a couple of tender young Saint Michael¨s
oranges It¨ll blow a gale in the course of the night 院
He was now alternately putting his hands into his pockets察as if
he were going to keep them there a long time察and taking them out
again察and vehemently rubbing them all over his head。
I ventured to take this opportunity of hinting that Mr Skimpole察
being in all such matters察quite a child!
^Eh察my dear拭院said Mr Jarndyce察catching at the word。
^!Being quite a child察sir察院said I察 and so different from other
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people!^
^You are right 院said Mr Jarndyce察brightening。
^Your woman¨s wit hits the mark。 He is a child!an absolute
child。 I told you he was a child察you know察when I first mentioned
him。 ̄
Certainly certainly we said。
^And he is a child。 Now察 isn¨t he拭院 asked Mr Jarndyce察
brightening more and more。
He was indeed察we said。
^When you come to think of it察it¨s the height of childishness in
you!I mean me! ̄ said Mr Jarndyce察 to regard him for a
moment as a man。 You can¨t make him responsible。 The idea of
Harold Skimpole with designs or plans察 or knowledge of
consequences Ha察ha察ha 院
It was so delicious to see the clouds about his bright face
clearing察and to see him so heartily pleased察and to know察as it was
impossible not to know察 that the source of his pleasure was the
goodness which was tortured by condemning察 or mistrusting察 or
secretly accusing any one察that I saw the tears in Ada¨s eyes察while
she echoed his laugh察and felt them in my own。
^Why察 what a cod¨s head and shoulders I am察院 said Mr
Jarndyce察 to require reminding of it The whole business shows
the child from beginning to end。 Nobody but a child would have
thought of singling you two out for parties in the affair Nobody
but a child would have thought of your having the money If it had
been a thousand pounds察it would have been just the same 院said
Mr Jarndyce察with his whole face in a glow。
We all confirmed it from our night¨s experience。
^To be sure察 to be sure 院 said Mr Jarndyce。 ^However察 Rick察
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Esther察 and you too察 Ada察 for I don¨t know that even your little
purse is safe from his inexperience!I must have a promise all
round察that nothing of this sort shall ever be done any more。 No
advances Not even sixpences。 ̄
We all promised faithfully察Richard察with a merry glance at me察
touching his pocket察as if to remind me that there was no danger of
our transgressing。
^As to Skimpole察院said Mr Jarndyce察 a habitable doll¨s house察
with good board察 and a few tin people to get into debt with and
borrow money of察 would set the boy up in life。 He is in a child¨s
sleep by this time察 I suppose察 it¨s time I should take my craftier
head to my more worldly pillow。 Good night察my dears。 God bless
you 院
He peeped in again察with a smiling face察before we had lighted
our candles察and said察 O I have been looking at the weather´cock。
I find it was a false alarm about the wind。 It¨s in the south 院And
went away singing to himself。
Ada and I agreed察 as we talked together for a little while
upstairs察that this caprice about the wind was a fiction察and that he
used the pretence to account for any disappointment he could not
conceal察 rather than he would blame the real cause of it察 or
disparage or depreciate any one。 We thought this very
characteristic of his eccentric gentleness察 and of the difference
between him and those petulant people who make the weather
and the winds particularly that unlucky wind which he had
chosen for such a different purpose the stalking´horses of their
splenetic and gloomy humours。
Indeed察so much affection for him had been added in this one
evening to my gratitude察 that I hoped I already began to
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understand him through that mingled feeling。 Any seeming
inconsistencies in Mr Skimpole察 or in Mrs Jellyby察 I could not
expect to be able to reconcile察 having so little experience or
practical knowledge。 Neither did I try察for my thoughts were busy
when I was alone察with Ada and Richard察and with the confidence
I had seemed to receive concerning them。 My fancy察made a little
wild by the wind perhaps察 would not consent to be all unselfish察
either察 though I would have persuaded it to be so if I could。 It
wandered back to my godmother¨s house察 and came along the
intervening track察 raising up shadowy speculations which had
sometimes trembled there in the dark察 as to what knowledge Mr
Jarndyce had of my earliest history!even as to the possibility of
his being my father!though that idle dream was quite gone now。
It was all gone now察I remembered察getting up from the fire。 It
was not for me to muse over bygones察but to act with a cheerful
spirit and a grateful heart。 So I said to myself察 Esther察 Esther察
Esther Duty察my dear 院and gave my little basket of housekeeping
keys such a shake察that they sounded like little bells察and rang me
hopefully to bed。
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