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'Oh, I say nothing about that, Madame Mantalini, replied Miss Knag, reddening; 'because if youth were any excuse, you wouldn't have 'Quite so good a forewoman as I have, I suppose, suggested Madame.
'By all means, said the old lord; 'the lovely young creature, by all means. 'Everybody is talking about her, said the young lady, in the same careless manner; 'and my lord, being a great admirer of beauty, must positively see her. 'She IS universally admired, replied Madame Mantalini. 'Miss Knag, send up Miss Nickleby. You needn't return.
After a delay of two or three hours, the young ladies were informed that their services would be dispensed with until further notice, and at the expiration of two days, the name of Mantalini appeared in the list of bankrupts: Miss Nickleby received an intimation per post, on the same morning, that the business would be, in future, carried on under the name of Miss Knag, and that her assistance would no longer be required a piece of intelligence with which Mrs Nickleby was no sooner made acquainted, than that good lady declared she had expected it all along and cited divers unknown occasions on which she had prophesied to that precise effect.
This last suggestion was so much in accordance with the timid girl's own feelings and wishes, that she readily promised implicit reliance on the excellent spinster's advice: without questioning, or indeed bestowing a moment's reflection upon, the motives that dictated it. 'I take quite a lively interest in you, my dear soul, upon my word, said Miss Knag; 'a sister's interest, actually.
'Oh, Miss Knag, said Madame Mantalini, 'this is the young person I spoke to you about. 'I think that, for the present at all events, it will be better for Miss Nickleby to come into the show-room with you, and try things on for people, said Madame Mantalini. 'She will not be able for the present to be of much use in any other way; and her appearance will
'So far as I am concerned, said Miss Knag, when the message had been delivered, with many ornaments of speech; 'I could spare Miss Nickleby for evermore. 'Oh, indeed, ma'am! rejoined Miss La Creevy, highly offended. 'But, you see, you are not mistress of the business, and therefore it's of no great consequence. 'Very good, ma'am, said Miss Knag. 'Have you any further commands for me?
As Miss Knag happened, at the moment, to be in the middle of an account of her twenty-second offer from a gentleman of large property, she insisted upon their all going in to supper together; and in they went. 'Don't go away, Mortimer, said Miss Knag as they entered the shop. 'It's only one of our young ladies and her mother. Mrs and Miss Nickleby. 'Oh, indeed! said Mr Mortimer Knag. 'Ah!
'I am quite aware of that, retorted Madame Mantalini, tossing her head; 'and I have none. The business, the stock, this house, and everything in it, all belong to Miss Knag. 'That's quite true, Madame Mantalini, said Miss Knag, with whom her late employer had secretly come to an amicable understanding on this point. 'Very true, indeed, Madame Mantalini hem very true.
'No, no, I dare say not, rejoined Miss Knag, in a most uncommon flow of good humour. 'But how much better that you should know it at first, and so be able to go on, straight and comfortable! Which way are you walking, my love? 'Towards the city, replied Kate. 'The city! cried Miss Knag, regarding herself with great favour in the glass as she tied her bonnet.
'Goodness gracious me! now do you really live in the city? 'Is it so very unusual for anybody to live there? asked Kate, half smiling. 'I couldn't have believed it possible that any young woman could have lived there, under any circumstances whatever, for three days together, replied Miss Knag.
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