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'Perhaps not, said Fascination Fledgeby, with great quickness of repartee; 'but I expect it will be devilish warm to-morrow. He threw off another little scintillation. 'Been out to-day, Mrs Lammle? Mrs Lammle answered, for a short drive. 'Some people, said Fascination Fledgeby, 'are accustomed to take long drives; but it generally appears to me that if they make 'em too long, they overdo it.
'Not much good to be got out of that, remarked Fledgeby. 'Depends upon the person! quoth Miss Wren, snapping him up. 'I made acquaintance with my guests, sir, pursued the Jew, with an evident purpose of drawing out the dressmaker, 'through their coming here to buy of our damage and waste for Miss Jenny's millinery.
He made a little gesture as though he kissed the hem of an imaginary garment worn by the noble youth before him. It was humbly done, but picturesquely, and was not abasing to the doer. 'You won't say more, I see, said Fledgeby, looking at him as if he would like to try the effect of extracting a double-tooth or two, 'and so it's of no use my putting it to you.
His eye at the keyhole seemed to confirm his ear, for he angrily pulled the house's nose again, and pulled and pulled and continued to pull, until a human nose appeared in the dark doorway. 'Now you sir! cried Fledgeby. 'These are nice games! He addressed an old Jewish man in an ancient coat, long of skirt, and wide of pocket.
'I am but the representative of another, sir, returned the Jew in a low voice. 'I do as I am bidden by my principal. It is not my capital that is invested in the business. It is not my profit that arises therefrom. 'Ha ha! laughed Fledgeby. 'Lammle? 'Ha ha! laughed Lammle. 'Yes. Of course. We know. 'Devilish good, ain't it, Lammle? said Fledgeby, unspeakably amused by his hidden joke.
And I intend always doing it. 'You are a long-headed fellow, Fledgeby. 'May be, or may not be. If I am a short-tongued fellow, it may amount to the same thing. Now, Lammle, I am never going to answer questions. 'My dear fellow, it was the simplest question in the world. 'Never mind. It seemed so, but things are not always what they seem. I saw a man examined as a witness in Westminster Hall.
'That's the weapon, said Fledgeby, eyeing it with the air of an acquaintance. 'He broke it over me. Oh I smart so! How did you come by it? 'When he ran down stairs and joined the lady he had left in the hall with his hat' Miss Jenny began. 'Oh! groaned Mr Fledgeby, writhing, 'she was holding his hat, was she? I might have known she was in it.
As far as I know, he never really says a word from one end of the book to the other; but he is one of the best characters in Dickens. Round the Veneering dinner-table are collected not indeed the best characters in Dickens, but certainly the best characters in Our Mutual Friend. Certainly one exception must be made. Fledgeby is unaccountably absent.
This fellow presumes on my having in my desk round the corner, his dirty note of hand for a wretched sum payable on the occurrence of a certain event, which event can only be of my and my wife's bringing about! This fellow, Fledgeby, presumes to be impertinent to me, Lammle. Give me your nose sir! 'No! Stop! I beg your pardon, said Fledgeby, with humility.
And you see the clouds rushing on above the narrow streets, not minding them, and you see the golden arrows pointing at the mountains in the sky, from which the wind comes, and, you feel as if you were dead." "How do you feel when you are dead?" asked the practical Mr. Fledgeby, much perplexed. "Oh so tranquil!" cried the little creature smiling. "Oh so peaceful and so thankful!
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