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    ^How do you do察Mrs Rouncewell拭I am glad to see you。 ̄ 

    ^I hope I have the honour of welcoming you in good health察Sir 

Leicester拭院

    ^In excellent health察Mrs Rouncewell。 ̄ 

    ^My   Lady   is   looking   charmingly   well察院  says   Mrs   Rouncewell察

with another curtsey。 

    My  Lady  signifies察  without  profuse   expenditure   of   words察  that 

she is as wearily well as she can hope to be。 

    But   Rosa   is   in   the   distance察  behind   the   housekeeper察  and   my 

Lady察    who   has   not   subdued     the   quickness     of  her  observation察

whatever else she may have conquered察asks此

    ^Who is that girl拭院

    ^A young scholar of mine察my Lady。 Rosa。 ̄ 

    ^Come   here察  Rosa 院  Lady   Dedlock   beckons   her察  with   even   an 

appearance   of   interest。   ^Why察  do   you   know   how   pretty   you   are察

child拭院she says察touching her shoulder with her two forefingers。 

    Rosa察very much abashed察 says察  No察if  you  please察my  Lady 院

and glances up察and glances down察and don¨t know where to look察

but looks all the prettier。 

    ^How old are you拭院

    ^Nineteen察my Lady。 ̄ 

    ^Nineteen察院     repeats    my   Lady察   thoughtfully。    ^Take     care  they 

don¨t spoil you by flattery。 ̄ 

    ^Yes察my Lady。 ̄ 

    My Lady taps her dimpled cheek with the same delicate gloved 

fingers察  and   goes   on   to   the   foot   of   the   oak   staircase察  where   Sir 

Leicester     pauses    for  her   as  her   knightly    escort。   A   staring   old 



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Dedlock in a panel察as large as life and as dull察looks as if he didn¨t 

know what to make of it!which was probably his general state of 

mind in the days of Queen Elizabeth。 

    That evening察in the housekeeper¨s room察Rosa can do nothing 

but murmur Lady Dedlock¨s praises。 She is so affable察so graceful察

so   beautiful察   so   elegant察  has   such    a  sweet    voice察  and    such   a 

thrilling touch察that Rosa can feel it yet Mr Rouncewell confirms 

all this察not without personal pride察reserving only the one point of 

affability。   Mrs   Rouncewell   is   not   quite   sure   as    to   that。  Heaven 

forbid that she should say a syllable in dispraise of any member of 

that excellent family察above all察of my Lady察whom the whole world 

admires察  but   if   my   Lady   would   only   be   ^a   little   more   free察院  not 

quite   so   cold   and   distant察  Mrs   Rouncewell   thinks   she   would   be 

more affable。 

    ^¨Tis   almost     a  pity察院  Mrs   Rouncewell       adds!only       ^almost察院

because its borders on impiety to suppose that anything could be 

better  than   it  is察  in   such an   express   dispensation   as   the   Dedlock 

affairs察   that   my   Lady   has   no   family。   If   she   had   had   a   daughter 

now察a grown young lady察to interest her察I think she would have 

had the only kind of excellence she wants。 ̄ 

    ^Might       not    that    have      made      her     still   more      proud察

grandmother拭院  says   Watt察  who   has   been   home   and   come   back 

again察he is such a good grandson。 

    ^More     and    most察   my    dear察院  returns    the   housekeeper       with 

dignity察   are   words   it¨s   not   my   place   to   use!nor   so   much   as   to 

hear!applied to any drawback on my Lady。 ̄ 

    ^I beg your pardon察grandmother。 But she is proud察is she not拭院

    ^If she is察she has reason to be。 The Dedlock family have always 

reason to be。 ̄ 



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    ^Well 院says Watt察 it¨s to be hoped they line out of their Prayer´ 

Books a certain passage for  the   common people about  pride and 

vainglory。 Forgive me察grandmother Only a joke 院

    ^Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock察my dear察are not fit subjects 

for joking。 ̄ 

    ^Sir   Leicester   is   no   joke  by   any   means察院   says   Watt察   and    I 

humbly ask  his   pardon。   I   suppose察  grandmother察  that察  even   with 

the family and their guests down here察there is no objection to my 

prolonging my stay at the Dedlock Arms for a day or two察as any 

other traveller might拭院

    ^Surely察none in the world察child。 ̄ 

    ^I   am  glad   of  that察院  says   Watt察   because   I!because I   have   an 

inexpressible      desire    to  extend    my   knowledge      of  this   beautiful 

neighbourhood。 ̄ 

    He happens to glance at Rosa察who looks down察and is very shy察

indeed。 But察according to the old superstition察it should be Rosa¨s 

ears   that   burn察  and   not   her   fresh   bright   cheeks察  for   my   Lady¨s 

maid   is  holding  forth  about  her   at   this   moment察  with   surpassing 

energy。 

    My    Lady¨s    maid    is  a  Frenchwoman        of  two´and´thirty察     from 

somewhere         in   the    Southern       country     about     Avignon      and 

Marseilles!a        large´eyed     brown     woman      with   black    hair察  who 

would   be   handsome察  but   for   a   certain   feline   mouth   and   general 

uncomfortable tightness of face察rendering the jaws too eager察and 

the skull too prominent。 There is something indefinably keen and 

wan about her anatomy察and she has a watchful way of looking out 

of the corners of her eyes without turning her head察which could 

be   pleasantly   dispensed       with!especially   when        she   is  in   an   ill´ 

humour and near knives。 Through all the good taste of her dress 



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and little adornments察these objections so express themselves察that 

she    seems     to  go  about    like  a   very   neat   She´Wolf     imperfectly 

tamed。      Besides      being     accomplished        in   all   the   knowledge 

appertaining   to   her   post察  she   is   almost   an   Englishwoman   in   her 

acquaintance with the language!consequently察she is in no want 

of   words   to   shower   upon   Rosa      for   having   attracted   my   Lady¨s 

attention察and she pours them out with such grim ridicule as she 

sits at dinner察that her companion察the affectionate man察is rather 

relieved when she arrives at the spoon stage of that performance。 

    Ha察ha察ha She察Hortense察been in my Lady¨s service since five 

years察and always kept at the distance察and this doll察this puppet察

caressed!absolutely caressed!by my Lady on the moment of her 

arriving  at  the  house  Ha察  ha察  ha   And   do  you  know  how   pretty 

you are察child拭院^No察my Lady。 ̄!You are right there  And how 

old are you察child And take care they do not spoil you by flattery察

child 院O how droll It is the best thing altogether。 

    In   short察  it  is  such   an   admirable     thing察  that   Mademoiselle 

Hortense   can¨t   forget   it察  but   at   meals   for   days   afterwards察  even 

among her countrywomen and others attached in like capacity to 

the troop of visitors察relapses into silent enjoyment of the joke!an 

enjoyment        expressed察    in   her    own    convivial     manner察    by    an 

additional   tightness   of   face察  thin   elongation   of   compressed   lips察

and     sidewise     look此  which    intense    appreciation      of   humour      is 

frequently   reflected   in   my   Lady¨s   mirrors察  when   my   Lady   is   not 

among them。 

    All the mirrors in the house are brought into action now此many 

of them afte

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