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if she says I didn¨t察she¨s a Lie 院

    He had pulled his pipe out of his mouth to say all this察and he 

now     turned     over   on   his   other    side察  and   smoked      again。    Mrs 

Pardiggle察  who   had   been   regarding   him   through   her   spectacles 

with a forcible composure察calculated察I could not help thinking察to 

increase     his   antagonism察  pulled      out   a  good   book察   as  it  were   a 

constable¨s   staff察  and   took   the   whole   family  into   custody。   I   mean 

into religious custody察of course察but she really did it察as if she were 

an inexorable moral Policeman carrying them all off to a station´ 

house。 

    Ada and I were very uncomfortable。 We both felt intrusive and 

out of place察and we both thought that Mrs Pardiggle would have 

got on infinitely better察if she had not had such a mechanical way 

of taking possession of people。 The children sulked and stared察the 

family took no notice of us whatever察except when the young man 

made the dog bark此which he usually did when Mrs Pardiggle was 

most   emphatic。   We   both   felt   painfully   sensible   that   between   us 

and   these   people   there   was   an   iron   barrier察  which   could   not   be 

removed       by   our   new    friend。    By   whom察     or  how察   it  could    be 

removed察we did not know察but we knew that。 Even what she read 

and said察seemed to us to be ill chosen for such auditors察if it had 

been imparted ever so modestly and with ever so much tact。 As to 

the   little   book   to   which   the   man   on   the   floor   had   referred察  we 

acquired a   knowledge   of  it  afterwards察  and   Mr   Jarndyce   said   he 

doubted if Robinson Crusoe could have read it察though he had had 



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no other on his desolate island。 

    We were much relieved察under these circumstances察when Mrs 

Pardiggle   left   off。   The   man   on   the   floor   then   turning   his   head 

round again察said morosely察 

    ^Well You¨ve done察have you拭院

    ^For today察I have察my friend。 But I am never fatigued。   I   shall 

come to you again察in your regular order察院returned Mrs Pardiggle 

with demonstrative cheerfulness。 

    ^So    long   as   you   goes   now察院   said   he察  folding   his   arms    and 

shutting his eyes with an oath察 you may do wot you like 院

    Mrs Pardiggle accordingly rose察and made a little vortex in the 

confined room from which  the   pipe   itself  very  narrowly  escaped。 

Taking   one      of   her   young   family   in  each    hand察   and   telling   the 

others     to   follow    closely察  and    expressing      her    hope    that    the 

brickmaker   and   all   his   house   would   be   improved   when   she   saw 

them next察she then proceeded to another cottage。 I hope it is not 

unkind   in   me   to   say   that   she   certainly   did   make察  in   this察  as   in 

everything else察a show that was not conciliatory察of doing charity 

by wholesale察and of dealing in it to a large extent。 

    She   supposed   that   we   were   following   her察  but   as   soon   as   the 

space was left clear察we approached the woman sitting by the fire察

to ask if the baby were ill。 

    She   only   looked   at   it   as   it   lay   on   her   lap。   We   had   observed 

before察that when she looked at it she covered her discoloured eye 

with her hand察as   though  she   wished   to  separate   any  association 

with    noise    and   violence    and    ill´treatment察   from    the  poor    little 

child。 

    Ada察  whose   gentle   heart   was   moved   by   its   appearance察  bent 

down to touch its little face。 As she did so察I   saw  what  happened 



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and drew her back。 The child died。 

    ^O   Esther 院  cried   Ada察  sinking   on   her   knees   beside   it。   ^Look 

here    O   Esther察   my   love察  the  little  thing   The    suffering察  quiet察

pretty little thing I am so sorry for it。 I am so sorry for the mother。 

I never saw a sight so pitiful as this before O baby察baby 院

    Such compassion察such gentleness察as that with which she bent 

down weeping察and put her hand  upon   the   mother¨s察might  have 

softened   any   mother¨s   heart   that   ever   beat。   The   woman   at   first 

gazed at her in astonishment察and then burst into tears。 

    Presently I took the light burden from her lap察did what I could 

to make the baby¨s rest the prettier and gentler察laid it on a shelf察

and covered it with my own handkerchief。 We tried to comfort the 

mother察     and    we   whispered      to   her   what    our   Saviour     said   of 

children。   She   answered   nothing察  but   sat   weeping!weeping   very 

much。 

    When I turned察I found that the young man had taken out the 

dog察  and   was   standing   at   the   door   looking   in   upon   us察  with   dry 

eyes察but quiet。 The girl was quiet too察and sat in a corner looking 

on the ground。 The man had risen。 He still smoked his pipe with 

an air of defiance察but he was silent。 

    An   ugly   woman察  very   poorly   clothed察  hurried   in   while   I   was 

glancing   at   them察  and      coming   straight   up     to   the  mother察   said察

^Jenny Jenny 院The mother rose on being so addressed察and fell 

upon the woman¨s neck。 

    She also had upon her face and arms the marks of ill´usage。 She 

had   no   kind   of   grace   about   her察  but   the   grace   of   sympathy察  but 

when   she   condoled   with   the   woman察  and   her   own   tears   fell察  she 

wanted      no   beauty。    I  say   condoled察    but   her   only   words     were察

^Jenny   Jenny 院  All   the   rest   was   in   the   tone   in   which   she   said 



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them。 

    I thought it very touching to see these two women察coarse and 

shabby   and   beaten察  so   united察  to   see   what   they   could   be   to   one 

another察  to   see   how   they   felt   for   one   another察  how   the   heart   of 

each to each was softened by the hard trials of their lives。 I think 

the   best   side   of   such   people   is   almost   hidden   from   us。   What   the 

poor are to the poor is little known察 excepting  to  themselves and 

God。 

    We felt it better to withdraw and leave them uninterrupted。 We 

stole out quietly察and without notice from any one except the man。 

He   was   leaning  against   the   wall   near   the   door察  and   finding   that 

there   was   scarcely   room   for   us   to   pass察  went   out   before   us。   He 

seemed   to   want   to   hide   that   he   did   this   on   our   account察  but   we 

perceived that he did察and thanked him。 He made no answer。 

    Ada was so full of grief of all the way home察and Richard察whom 

we found at home察was so distressed to see her in tears though he 

said   to  me   when   she   was   not   present察  how   beautiful   it   was   too。 

that we arranged to return at night with some little comforts察and 

repeat our visit at the brickmaker¨s house。 We said as little as we 

could to Mr Jarndyce察but the wind changed directly。 

    Richard  accompanied   us   at night  to  the   scene   of  our  morning 

expedition。   On   our   way   there察  we   had   to   pass   a   noisy   drinking´ 

house察    where   a    number     of  men     were    flocking   about    the   door。 

Among   them察  and   promi

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