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The curse of my existence, and the realisation of my own mad desire is that by the golden standard which I bear about me, I am doomed to try the metal of all other men, and find it false and hollow. Mr Pecksniff shook his head, and said, 'You think so. 'Oh yes, cried the old man, 'I think so! and in your telling me "I think so," I recognize the true unworldly ring of YOUR metal.
'I will not say, cried Mr Pecksniff, shedding tears, 'what a blow this is. I will not say how much it tries me; how it works upon my nature; how it grates upon my feelings. I do not care for that. I can endure as well as another man. I hope it will not; I don't think it will.
'And now, my good sir, said Mr Pecksniff to Anthony; 'now that we are alone, pray tell me what I can do for you. I say alone, because I believe that our dear friend Mr Chuffey is, metaphysically speaking, a shall I say a dummy? asked Mr Pecksniff with his sweetest smile, and his head very much on one side. 'He neither hears us, replied Anthony, 'nor sees us.
'When I ordered you to leave this house upon the last occasion of your being dismissed from it with disgrace, said Mr Pecksniff; 'when, stung and stimulated beyond endurance by your shameless conduct to this extraordinarily noble-minded individual, I exclaimed "Go forth!" I told you that I wept for your depravity.
'Pecksniff, he whispered, as they drew their chairs about the table; 'I gave him as good as he brought, eh? He had better look at home, before he looks out of window, I think?
Some young gentlemen had gone on mentioning the very same thing for five years without ever being stopped. 'The domestic assistants, said Mr Pecksniff, 'sleep above; and that is all. After which, and listening complacently as he went, to the encomiums passed by his young friend on the arrangements generally, he led the way to the parlour again.
Perhaps he had never in his life felt such relief as when old Martin, looking at his watch, announced that it was time to go. 'We have rooms, he said, 'at the Dragon, for the present. I have a fancy for the evening walk. The nights are dark just now; perhaps Mr Pinch would not object to light us home? 'My dear sir! cried Pecksniff, 'I shall be delighted. Merry, my child, the lantern.
Why was Miss Pecksniff so clamorous to have it understood that she was neither blind nor foolish, and she wouldn't bear it? It is not possible that Mr Pecksniff had any thoughts of marrying again; or that his daughter, with the sharp eye of a single woman, fathomed his design! Let us inquire into this.
'Mine, said the old man, after a moment's pause, 'is upon my chest, Pecksniff. The voice and manner, together, now that he spoke out; the composure of the speaker; the presence of his son; and his knowledge of Mr Pecksniff; afforded a clue to his identity which it was impossible to mistake. 'Hem! I thought, said Mr Pecksniff, returning to his usual mildness, 'that I addressed a stranger.
My name compose yourself, Miss Pinch is Pecksniff. The good man emphasised these words as though he would have said, 'You see in me, young person, the benefactor of your race; the patron of your house; the preserver of your brother, who is fed with manna daily from my table; and in right of whom there is a considerable balance in my favour at present standing in the books beyond the sky.
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