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promised to tell us what they were。 Ada remembers拭院
Ada remembered very well。
^Did I拭院said Miss Flite!^who¨s that at my door拭What are you
listening at my door for察Krook拭院
The old man of the house察 pushing it open before him察
appeared there with his fur´cap in his hand察 and his cat at his
heels。
^I warn¨t listening察Miss Flite察院 he said。 ^I was going to give a
rap with my knuckles察only you¨re so quick 院
^Make your cat go down。 Drive her away 院the old lady angrily
exclaimed。
^Bah察bah There ain¨t no danger察gentlefolks察院said Mr Krook察
looking slowly and sharply from one to another察 until he had
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looked at all of us察 she¨d never offer at the birds when I was here察
unless I told her to it。 ̄
^You will excuse my landlord察院 said the old lady with a
dignified air。 ^M察quite M What do you want察Krook察when I have
company拭院
^Hi 院said the old man。 ^You know I am the Chancellor。 ̄
^Well拭院returned Miss Flite。 ^What of that拭院
^For the Chancellor察院said the old man with a chuckle察 not to
be acquainted with a Jarndyce is queer察 ain¨t it察 Miss Flite拭
Mightn¨t I take the liberty拭Your servant察 sir。 I know Jarndyce
and Jarndyce a¨most as well as you do察 sir。 I knowed old Squire
Tom察sir。 I never to my knowledge see you afore though察not even
in Court。 Yet察I go there a mortal sight of times in the course of the
year察taking one day with another。 ̄
^I never go there察院 said Mr Jarndyce which he never did on
any consideration。 ^I would sooner go!somewhere else。 ̄
^Would you察 though拭院 returned Krook察 grinning。 ^You¨re
bearing hard upon my noble and learned brother in your meaning察
sir察though perhaps it is but nat¨ral in a Jarndyce。 The burnt child察
sir What察you¨re looking at my lodger¨s birds察Mr Jarndyce拭院The
old man had come by little and little into the room察until he now
touched my Guardian with his elbow察and looked close up into his
face with his spectacled eyes。 ^It¨s one of her strange ways察 that
she¨ll never tell the names of these birds if she can help it察though
she named ¨em all。 ̄ This was in a whisper。 ^Shall I run ¨em over察
Flite拭院he asked aloud察 winking at us and pointing at her as she
turned away察affecting to sweep the grate。
^If you like察院she answered hurriedly。
The old man察looking up at the cages察after another look at us察
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went through the list。
^Hope察Joy察Youth察Peace察Rest察Life察Dust察Ashes察Waste察Want察
Ruin察 Despair察 Madness察 Death察 Cunning察 Folly察 Words察 Wigs察
Rags察 Sheepskin察 Plunder察 Precedent察 Jargon察 Gammon察 and
Spinach。 That¨s the whole collection察院 said the old man察 all
cooped up together察by my noble and learned brother。 ̄
^This is a bitter wind 院muttered my Guardian。
^When my noble and learned brother gives his Judgement察
they¨re to be let go free察院 said Krook察 winking at us again。 ^And
then察院 he added察 whispering and grinning察 if that ever was to
happen!which it won¨t!the birds that have never been caged
would kill ¨em。 ̄
^If ever the wind was in the east察院 said my Guardian察
pretending to look out of the window for a weathercock察 I think
it¨s there today 院
We found it very difficult to get away from the house。 It was not
Miss Flite who detained us察she was as reasonable a little creature
in consulting the convenience of others察as there possibly could be。
It was Mr Krook。 He seemed unable to detach himself from Mr
Jarndyce。 If he had been linked to him察 he could hardly have
attended him more closely。 He proposed to show us his Court of
Chancery察 and all the strange medley it contained察 during the
whole of our inspection prolonged by himself he kept close to Mr
Jarndyce察 and sometimes detained him察 under one pretence or
other察 until we had passed on察 as if he were tormented by an
inclination to enter upon some secret subject察which he could not
make up his mind to approach。 I cannot imagine a countenance
and manner more singularly expressive of caution and indecision察
and a perpetual impulse to do something he could not resolve to
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venture on察than Mr Krook was察that day。 His watchfulness of my
Guardian was incessant。 He rarely removed his eyes from his face。
If he went on beside him察he observed him with the slyness of an
old white fox。 If he went before he looked back。 When we stood
still察 he got opposite to him察 and drawing his hand across and
across his open mouth with a curious expression of a sense of
power察 and turning up his eyes察 and lowering his grey eyebrows
until they appeared to be shut察seemed to scan every lineament of
his face。
At last察 having been always attended by the cat all over the
house察and having seen the whole stock of miscellaneous lumber察
which was certainly curious察 we came into the back part of the
shop。 Here察on the head of an empty barrel stood on end察were an
ink´bottle察some old stumps of pens察and some dirty playbills察and察
against the wall察 were pasted several large printed alphabets in
several plain hands。
^What are you doing here拭院asked my Guardian。
^Trying to learn myself to read and write察院said Krook。
^And how do you get on拭院
^Slow。 Bad察院 returned the old man察 impatiently。 ^It¨s hard at
my time of life。 ̄
^It would be easier to be taught by some one察院 said my
Guardian。
^Ay察 but they might teach me wrong 院 returned the old man察
with a wonderfully suspicious flash of his eye。 ^I don¨t know what I
may have lost察 by not being learnd afore。 I wouldn¨t like to lose
anything by being learnd wrong now。 ̄
^Wrong拭院 said my Guardian察 with his good´humoured smile。
^Who do you suppose would teach you wrong拭院
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^I don¨t know察 Mr Jarndyce of Bleak House 院 replied the old
man察 turning up his spectacles on his forehead察 and rubbing his
hands。 ^I don¨t suppose as anybody would!but I¨d rather trust my
own self than another 院
These answers察and his manner察were strange enough to cause
my Guardian to inquire of Mr Woodcourt察as we all walked across
Lincoln¨s Inn together察 whether Mr Krook were really察 as his
lodger represented