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    It  being察   now察  beyond     the   time   appointed      for  Mrs    Jellyby¨s 

return察we called again。 She was in town察but not at home察having 

gone to Mile End察directly  after breakfast察  on  some   Borrioboolan 

business察arising out of a Society called the   East  London   Branch 

Aid Ramification。 As I had not seen Peepy on the occasion of our 

last   call   when   he   was   not   to   be   found   anywhere察  and   when   the 

cook     rather     thought     he   must     have    strolled    away     with    the 

dustman¨s cart察I now inquired for him again。 The oyster shells he 

had   been building  a   house   with  were  still in   the   passage察  but   he 

was   nowhere   discoverable察  and   the   cook   supposed   that   he   had 

^gone   after   the   sheep。 ̄   When   we   repeated察  with   some   surprise察

^The     sheep拭院    she   said察  O   yes察 on   market     days   he   sometimes 

followed them quite out of town察and came back in such a state as 

never was 

    I was sitting at the window with my Guardian察on the following 

morning察and Ada was busy writing!of course to Richard!when 

Miss   Jellyby   was   announced察  and   entered察  leading   the   identical 

Peepy察     whom       she    had    made     some      endeavours       to   render 

presentable察by wiping the dirt into corners of his face and hands察

and  making  his   hair  very  wet  and   then   violently   frizzling  it   with 

her  fingers。   Everything  the   dear  child   wore察  was   either   too   large 

for him or too small。 Among his other contradictory decorations he 

had the hat of a Bishop察and the little gloves of a baby。 His boots 

were察on a small scale察the boots of a ploughman此while his legs察so 

crossed and recrossed with scratches that they looked   like maps察



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were   bare察  below   a   very   short   pair   of   plaid   drawers   finished   off 

with two frills of perfectly different patterns。 The deficient buttons 

on   his   plaid   frock   had   evidently   been   supplied   from   one   of   Mr 

Jellyby¨s   coats察  they   were   so   extremely   brazen   and   so   much   too 

large。   Most   extraordinary   specimens   of  needlework   appeared   on 

several parts of his dress察where it had been hastily mended察and I 

recognised   the   same   hand   on   Miss   Jellyby¨s。   She   was察  however察

unaccountably         improved      in  her    appearance察     and    looked    very 

pretty。 She was conscious of poor little Peepy being but a failure 

after all her trouble察and she showed it as she came in察by the way 

in which she glanced察first at him and then at us。 

    ^O dear me 院said my Guardian察 Due East 院

    Ada and I gave her a cordial welcome察and presented her to Mr 

Jarndyce察to whom she said察as she sat down此

    ^Ma¨s   compliments察  and   she   hopes   you¨ll   excuse   her察  because 

she¨s   correcting   proofs   of   the   plan。   She¨s   going   to   put   out   five 

thousand new circulars察and she knows you¨ll be interested to hear 

that。   I   have   brought   one   of   them   with   me。   Ma¨s   compliments。 ̄ 

With which she presented it sulkily enough。 

    ^Thank   you察院  said   my   Guardian。   ^I   am   much   obliged   to   Mrs 

Jellyby。 O dear me This is a very wind 院

    We were busy with Peepy察taking off his clerical hat察asking him 

if he remembered us察and so on。 Peepy retired behind his elbow at 

first察but relented at the sight of  sponge´cake察  and allowed   me  to 

take him on my lap察where he sat munching quietly。 Mr Jarndyce 

then     withdrawing       into   the   temporary      Growlery察     Miss    Jellyby 

opened a conversation with her usual abruptness。 

    ^We are going on just as bad as ever in Thavies Inn察院said she。 

^I have no peace of my life。 Talk of Africa I couldn¨t be worse off if 



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I was a what¨s´his´name´man and a brother 院

    I tried to say something soothing。 

    ^O察  it¨s   of   no   use察  Miss   Summerson察院  exclaimed   Miss   Jellyby察

^though   I   thank   you   for   the   kind   intention   all   the   same。   I   know 

how I   am   used察  and I   am   not  to  be   talked   over。 You  wouldn¨t  be 

talked over察if you were used so。 Peepy察go and play at Wild Beasts 

under the piano 院

    ^I shan¨t 院said Peepy。 

    ^Very      well察  you    ungrateful察     naughty察     hard´hearted       boy 院

returned Miss Jellyby察with tears in her eyes。 ^I¨ll never take pains 

to dress you any more。 ̄ 

    ^Yes察  I   will   go察  Caddy 院  cried   Peepy察  who   was   really   a   good 

child察and who was so moved by his sister¨s vexation that he went 

at once。 

    ^It   seems   a   little   thing   to   cry   about察院  said   poor   Miss   Jellyby察

apologetically察 but I am quite worn out。 I was directing the new 

circulars till two this morning。 I detest the whole thing so察that that 

alone makes my head ache till I can¨t see out of my eyes。 And look 

at that poor unfortunate child。 Was there ever such a fright as he 

is 院

    Peepy察happily unconscious of the defects in his appearance察sat 

on the carpet behind one of the legs of the  piano察looking  calmly 

out of his den at us察while he ate his cake。 

    ^I have sent him to the other end of the room察院observed Miss 

Jellyby察drawing her chair nearer ours察 because I don¨t want him 

to   hear   the   conversation。   Those   little   things   are   so   sharp   I   was 

going to say察we really are going on worse than ever。 Pa will be a 

bankrupt       before    long察  and   then    I  hope    Ma    will   be  satisfied。 

There¨ll be nobody but Ma to thank for it。 ̄ 



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    We said we hoped Mr Jellyby¨s affairs were not in so bad a state 

as that。 

    ^It¨s   of  no  use  hoping察  though  it¨s   very  kind   of  you 院  returned 

Miss     Jellyby察  shaking     her   head。    ^Pa   told   me察  only    yesterday 

morning察。and dreadfully unhappy he is撮 that he couldn¨t weather 

the    storm。    I  should    be   surprised     if  he   could。   When      all  our 

tradesmen       send    into   our   house     any   stuff   they   like察 and    the 

servants do what they like with it察and I have no time to improve 

things if I knew how察and Ma don¨t care about anything察I should 

like to make out how Pa is to weather the storm。 I declare if I was 

Pa I¨d run away 院

    ^My dear 院said I察smiling。 ^Your papa察no doubt察considers his 

family。 ̄ 

    ^O   yes察  his   family   is   all   very   fine察  Miss   Summerson察院  replied 

Miss Jellyby察 but what comfort is his family to him拭His family is 

nothing but bills察dirt察waste察noise察tumbles downstairs察confusion察

and     wretchedness。       His   scrambling      home察   from    week¨s´end      to 

week¨s´end察       is  like    one    great    washing´day!only           nothing¨s 

washed 院

    Miss Jellyby tapped her foot upon the floor察and wiped her eyes。 

    ^I am sure I pity Pa to that degree察院she said察 and am so angry 

with Ma察that I can¨t find words to express myself However察I am 

not going to bear it察I am determined。 I won¨t be a slave all my life察

and I won¨t submit to be proposed to by Mr Quale。 A pretty thing察

indeed察  to   marry   a   Philanthropist。   As   if   I   hadn¨t   had   e

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