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out that to spend anything less on something else was to save the 

difference。 

    While these affairs were in abeyance察our visit to Mr Boythorn¨s 

was postponed。 At length察Richard having taken possession of his 

lodging察  there   was   nothing   to   prevent   our   departure。   He   could 

have gone with us at that time of the year察very well察but he was in 

the    full  novelty     of  his   new    position察   and    was    making      most 

energetic      attempts     to  unravel     the   mysteries     of  the   fatal  suit。 

Consequently we went without him察and my darling was delighted 

to praise him for being so busy。 

    We    made   a    pleasant   journey   down       into   Lincolnshire     by   the 

coach察  and   had   an   entertaining   companion   in   Mr   Skimpole。   His 

furniture had been all cleared off察it appeared察by the person who 

took possession of it on his blue´eyed daughter¨s birthday察but察he 

seemed quite relieved to think that it was gone。 Chairs and tables察

he   said察  were   wearisome   objects察      they   were    monotonous   ideas察

they     had    no   variety    of  expression察     they    looked    you    out    of 

countenance察       and    you   looked    them     out   of  countenance。       How 

pleasant察then察to be bound to no particular chairs and tables察but 

to sport like a butterfly among all the furniture on hire察and to flit 

from rosewood to mahogany察and from mahogany to walnut察and 



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from this shape to that察as the humour took one 

    ^The     oddity     of  the    thing   is察院  said   Mr    Skimpole察      with   a 

quickened sense of the ludicrous察 that my chairs and tables were 

not    paid    for察  and    yet  my    landlord     walks     off  with    them     as 

composedly as possible。 Now察that seems droll There is something 

grotesque   in   it。   The   chair   and   table   merchant   never   engaged   to 

pay   my   landlord   my   rent。   Why   should   my   landlord   quarrel   with 

him拭 If  I   have   a pimple   on my  nose   which is   disagreeable   to   my 

landlord¨s peculiar ideas of beauty察my landlord has no business to 

scratch my chair and table merchant¨s nose察which has no pimple 

on it。 His reasoning seems defective 院

    ^Well察院said   my   Guardian察  good´humouredly察   it¨s   pretty   clear 

that whoever became security for those chairs and tables will have 

to pay for them。 ̄ 

    ^Exactly 院returned Mr Skimpole。 ^That¨s the crowning point of 

unreason   in   the   business   I   said   to   my   landlord察   My   good   man察

you are not aware that my excellent friend Jarndyce will have   to 

pay   for   those   things   that   you   are   sweeping   off   in   that   indelicate 

manner。   Have   you  no  consideration   for his  property拭   He   hadn¨t 

the least。 ̄ 

    ^And refused all proposals察院said my Guardian。 

    ^Refused   all   proposals察院  returned   Mr   Skimpole。   ^I   made   him 

business proposals。 I had him into my room。 I said察 You are a man 

of business I believe拭 He replied察 I am。¨ `Very well察 said I察   now 

let   us   be   business´like。   Here   is   an   inkstand察  here   are   pens   and 

paper察here are wafers。 What do you want拭I have occupied your 

house      for   a   considerable       period察    I  believe     to   our    mutual 

satisfaction   until   this   unpleasant   misunderstanding   arose察  let   us 

be at once friendly and business´like。 What do you want拭 In reply 



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to   this察  he  made     use   of  the   figurative    expression!which           has 

something Eastern about it!that he had never seen the colour of 

my money。 `My amiable friend察 said I察 I never have any money。 I 

never  know  anything  about   money。¨   `Well察  sir察   said   he察   what   do 

you  offer察  if  I   give   you  time拭   `My  good   fellow察   said   I察   I   have   no 

idea of time察but察you say you are a man of business察and whatever 

you can suggest  to  be done in a business´like  way  with  pen察and 

ink察and paper!and wafers!I am ready to do。 Don¨t pay yourself 

at another man¨s expense which is foolish察but be business´like  

However察he wouldn¨t be察and there was an end of it。 ̄ 

    If  these    were   some     of  the  inconveniences       of  Mr    Skimpole¨s 

childhood察      it  assuredly    possessed      its  advantages      too。   On    the 

journey he had a very good appetite for such refreshment as came 

in   our  way  including a   basket  of  choice   hot´house   peaches撮   but 

never     thought     of  paying    for  anything。     So   when    the   coachman 

came      round     for   his   fee察 he   pleasantly      asked    him    what     he 

considered   a   very   good   fee   indeed察  now!a   liberal   one!and察  on 

his replying察half´a´crown for a single passenger察said it was little 

enough too察all things considered察and left Mr Jarndyce to give it 

him。 

    It was delightful weather。 The green corn waved so beautifully察

the larks sang so joyfully察the hedges were so full of wild flowers察

the   trees   were   so  thickly  out  in leaf察  the   bean´fields察  with   a   light 

wind     blowing     over    them察   filled  the   air  with   such    a  delicious 

fragrance      Late   in   the  afternoon     we   came     to  the  market´town 

where we were to alight from the coach!a dull little town察with a 

church´spire察  and   a   market´place察  and   a   market´cross察          and   one 

intensely  sunny  street察  and a   pond   with  an   old   horse   cooling   his 

legs in it察and a very few men sleepily lying and standing about in 



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narrow little bits of shade。 After the rustling of the leaves and the 

waving of the corn all along the road察it looked as still察as hot察  as 

motionless a little town as England could produce。 

    At the inn察we found Mr Boythorn on   horseback察  waiting  with 

an open carriage to take us to his house察which was a few miles off。 

He was overjoyed to see us察and dismounted with great alacrity。 

    ^By Heaven 院said he察after giving us a courteous greeting察 this 

is   a   most   infamous   coach。   It   is   the   most   flagrant   example   of   an 

abominable   public   vehicle   that   ever   encumbered   the   face   of   the 

earth。 It is twenty´five minutes after  its   time察  this  afternoon。  The 

coachman ought to be put to death 院

    ^Is he after his time拭院said Mr Skimpole察to whom he happened 

to address himself。 ^You know my infirmity。 ̄ 

    ^Twenty´five        minutes      Twenty´six       minutes拭院      replied     Mr 

Boythorn察  referring   to   his   watch。   ^With   two   ladies   in   the   coach察

this scoundrel has deliberately delayed his arrival six´and´twenty 

minutes。   Deliberately   It   is   impossible   that   it   can   be   accidental 

But his father!and his uncle!were the most profligate coachmen 

that ever sat upon his box。 ̄ 

    While     he  said   this   in  tones   of   the  greatest    indignation察     he 

handed us into the little phaeton with the utmost gentleness察and 

was all smiles and pleasure。 

    ^I   am    sorry察  ladies察院  he   said察  standing     bare´headed       at  the 

carriage´door察when all was   ready察   that  I   am   obliged   to  conduct 

you   nearly   

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