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ruffian察who told us to take the turning to the right instead of to
the left。 He is the most intolerable scoundrel on the face of the
earth。 His father must have been a most consummate villain察ever
to have had such a son。 I would have that fellow shot without the
least remorse 院
^Did he do it on purpose拭院Mr Jarndyce inquired。
^I have not the slightest doubt that the scoundrel has passed his
whole existence in misdirecting travellers 院 returned the other。
^By my soul察 I thought him the worst´looking dog I had ever
beheld察 when he was telling me to take the turning to the right。
And yet I stood before that fellow face to face察and didn¨t knock his
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brains out 院
^Teeth you mean拭院said Mr Jarndyce。
^Ha察 ha察 ha 院 laughed Mr Lawrence Boythorn察 really making
the whole house vibrate。 ^What察you have not forgotten it yet Ha察
ha察 ha And that was another most consummate vagabond By
my soul察the countenance of that fellow察when he was a boy察was
the blackest image of perfidy察 cowardice察and cruelty ever set up
as a scarecrow in a field of scoundrels。 If I were to meet that most
unparalleled despot in the streets tomorrow察I would fell him like a
rotten tree 院
^I have no doubt of it察院said Mr Jarndyce。 ^Now察will you come
upstairs拭院
^By my soul察 Jarndyce察院 returned his guest察 who seemed to
refer to his watch察 if you had been married察I would have turned
back at the garden gate察and gone away to the remotest summits of
the Himalaya Mountains察 sooner than I would have presented
myself at this unseasonable hour。 ̄
^Not quite so far察I hope拭院said Mr Jarndyce。
^By my life and honour察yes 院cried the visitor。 ^I wouldn¨t be
guilty of the audacious insolence of keeping a lady of the house
waiting all this time察 for any earthly consideration。 I would
infinitely rather destroy myself!infinitely rather 院
Talking thus察they went upstairs察and presently we heard him in
his bedroom thundering ^Ha察 ha察 ha 院 and again察 Ha察 ha察 ha 院
until the flattest echo in the neighbourhood seemed to catch the
contagion察and to laugh as enjoyingly as he did察or as we did when
we heard him laugh。
We all conceived a prepossession in his favour察for there was a
sterling quality in his laugh察and in his vigorous healthy voice察and
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in the roundness and fulness with which he uttered every word he
spoke察and in the very fury of his superlatives察which seemed to go
off like blank cannons and hurt nothing。 But we were hardly
prepared to have it so confirmed by his appearance察 when Mr
Jarndyce presented him。 He was not only a very handsome old
gentleman!upright and stalwart as he had been described to us!
with a massive grey head察a fine composure of face when silent察a
figure that might have become corpulent but for his being so
continually in earnest that he gave it no rest察and a chin that might
have subsided into a double chin but for the vehement emphasis
in which it was constantly required to assist察 but he was such a
true gentleman in his manner察so chivalrously polite察his face was
lighted by a smile of so much sweetness and tenderness察 and it
seemed so plain that he had nothing to hide察but showed himself
exactly as he was!incapable as Richard said of anything on a
limited scale察and firing away with those blank great guns察because
he carried no small arms whatever!that really I could not help
looking at him with equal pleasure as he sat at dinner察whether he
smilingly conversed with Ada and me察or was led by Mr Jarndyce
into some great volley of superlatives察or threw up his head like a
bloodhound察and gave out that tremendous Ha察ha察ha
^You have brought your bird with you察 I suppose拭院 said Mr
Jarndyce。
^By Heaven察he is the most astonishing bird in Europe 院replied
the other。 ^He is the most wonderful creature I wouldn¨t take ten
thousand guineas for that bird。 I have left an annuity for his sole
support察 in case he should outlive me。 He is察 in sense and
attachment察a phenomenon。 And his father before him was one of
the most astonishing birds that ever lived 院
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The subject of this laudation was a very little canary察who was
so tame that he was brought down by Mr Boythorn¨s man察on his
forefinger察 and察 after taking a gentle flight round the room察
alighted on his master¨s head。 To hear Mr Boythorn presently
expressing the most implacable and passionate sentiments with
this fragile mite of a creature quietly perched on his forehead察was
to have a good illustration of his character察I thought。
^By my soul察Jarndyce察院he said察very gently holding up a bit of
bread to the canary to peck at察 if I were in your place察 I would
seize every Master in Chancery by the throat tomorrow morning察
and shake him until his money rolled out of his pockets察 and his
bones rattled in his skin。 I would have a settlement out of
somebody察by fair means or by foul。 If you would empower me to
do it察I would do it for you with the greatest satisfaction 院。All this
time the very small canary was eating out of his hand。 ^I thank
you察Lawrence察but the suit is hardly at such a point at present察院
returned Mr Jarndyce察 laughing察 that it would be greatly
advanced察even by the legal process of shaking the Bench and the
whole Bar。 ̄
^There never was such an infernal cauldron as that Chancery察
on the face of the earth 院said Mr Boythorn。 ^Nothing but a mine
below it on a busy day in term time察with all its records察rules察and
precedents collected in it察 and every functionary belonging to it
also察 high and low察 upward and downward察 from its son the
Accountant´General to its father the Devil察and the whole blown to
atoms with ten thousand hundred´weight of gunpowder察 would
reform it in the least 院
It was impossible not to laugh at the energetic gravity with
which he recommended this strong measure of reform。 When we
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laughed察 he threw up his head察 and shook his broad chest察 and
again the whole country seemed to echo to his ha察 ha察 ha It had
not the least effect in disturbing the bird察whose sense of security
was complete察and who hopped about the table with its quick head
now on this side and now on that察turning its bright sudden eye on
its master察as if he were no more than another bird。
^But ho