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A boy then went round among the young gentlemen, of 'Dombey's going! 'Little Dombey's going! and there was a general move after Paul and Florence down the staircase and into the hall, in which the whole Blimber family were included.
He had to think, too, of Mr Toots, and Mr Feeder, B.A., of all the boys; and of Doctor Blimber, Mrs Blimber, and Miss Blimber; of home, and of his aunt and Miss Tox; of his father; Dombey and Son, Walter with the poor old Uncle who had got the money he wanted, and that gruff-voiced Captain with the iron hand.
Despite his entreaty that they would not think of stirring, Doctor Blimber, Mrs Blimber, and Miss Blimber all pressed forward to attend him to the hall; and thus Mrs Pipchin got into a state of entanglement with Miss Blimber and the Doctor, and was crowded out of the study before she could clutch Florence.
I think we have no new disciples in our little portico, my dear, says Doctor Blimber to Cornelia, 'since Mr Toots left us. 'Except Bitherstone, returns Cornelia. 'Ay, truly, says the Doctor. 'Bitherstone is new to Mr Toots. New to Florence, too, almost; for, in the schoolroom, Bitherstone no longer Master Bitherstone of Mrs Pipchin's shows in collars and a neckcloth, and wears a watch.
While they were gone Paul sat upon the table, holding Florence by the hand, and glancing timidly from the doctor round and round the room, while the doctor held a book from him at arm's length and read. Presently Mr. Dombey and Mrs. Blimber returned. "I hope, Mr. Dombey," said the doctor laying down his book, "that the arrangements meet with your approval?" "They are excellent, sir," said Mr.
Paul's chair was next to Miss Blimber; but it being found, when he sat in it, that his eyebrows were not much above the level of the table-cloth, some books were brought in from the Doctor's study, on which he was elevated, and on which he always sat from that time carrying them in and out himself on after occasions, like a little elephant and castle.
He had a bald head, highly polished, a deep voice, and a chin so very double that it was a wonder how he ever managed to shave into the creases. Mrs. Blimber was not learned herself, but she pretended to be, and that did quite as well. As to Miss Blimber, there was no light nonsense about her. She was dry and sandy with working in the graves of dead languages. Mr. Feeder, B.A., Dr.
There is much shaking of hands, and much bowing, and a great desire on the part of each young gentleman to take Toots down in Miss Dombey's good graces; and then, Mr Toots having bestowed a chuckle on his old desk, Florence and he withdraw with Mrs Blimber and Cornelia; and Doctor Blimber is heard to observe behind them as he comes out last, and shuts the door, 'Gentlemen, we will now resume our studies, For that and little else is what the Doctor hears the sea say, or has heard it saying all his life.
'Now, Dombey, said Miss Blimber. 'How have you got on with those books? They comprised a little English, and a deal of Latin names of things, declensions of articles and substantives, exercises thereon, and preliminary rules a trifle of orthography, a glance at ancient history, a wink or two at modern ditto, a few tables, two or three weights and measures, and a little general information.
But Mr Feeder, who saw that Johnson must break out again, and who knew that the Doctor would never come to a period before the young gentlemen until he had finished all he meant to say, couldn't keep his eye off Johnson; and thus was caught in the fact of not looking at the Doctor, who consequently stopped. 'I beg your pardon, Sir, said Mr Feeder, reddening. 'I beg your pardon, Doctor Blimber.
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