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Even such a thing as this, said Mr Pecksniff, laying the fore-finger of his left hand upon the brown paper patch on the top of his head, 'slight casual baldness though it be, reminds us that we are but' he was going to say 'worms, but recollecting that worms were not remarkable for heads of hair, he substituted 'flesh and blood.
When Mr Pecksniff, rising from his seat at the table's head, with a daughter on either hand, received his guests in the best parlour and motioned them to chairs, with eyes so overflowing and countenance so damp with gracious perspiration, that he may be said to have been in a kind of moist meekness!
Here Mr Pecksniff wiped his eyes again, and gave himself two or three little knocks upon the breast, as if he were answering two or three other little knocks from within, given by the tinkling hammer of his conscience, to express 'Cheer up, my boy! 'I know the human mind, although I trust it. That is my weakness.
She will be glad to see my hand, poor girl, and to hear that Pecksniff is as kind as ever. I would have asked John Westlock to call and see her, and tell her all about me by word of mouth, but I was afraid he might speak against Pecksniff to her, and make her uneasy.
'I feared it all along. But the misery we have had from that match, here among ourselves, in this house, my dear Miss Pecksniff, nobody would believe. 'Lor, Mrs Todgers! 'Awful, awful! repeated Mrs Todgers, with strong emphasis. 'You recollect our youngest gentleman, my dear? 'Of course I do, said Cherry.
Mr Pecksniff not exactly knowing whether allusion was made to the subject or the portmanteau, stared at his friend in unaffected surprise. 'Drop it, I say! cried Jonas, fiercely. 'Do you hear? Drop it, now and for ever. You had better, I give you notice! 'It was quite a mistake, urged Mr Pecksniff, very much dismayed; 'though I admit it was foolish. I might have known it was a tender string.
'This is dreadful. The rapacity of these people is absolutely frightful! 'It's not only the Spottletoes either, Tigg, said Slyme, looking at that gentleman and speaking at Mr Pecksniff. 'Anthony Chuzzlewit and his son have got wind of it, and have come down this afternoon. I saw 'em not five minutes ago, when I was waiting round the corner.
Consider, my good sir and here Mr Pecksniff eyed him wistfully 'how very much at random you are talking. 'Why, as to that, rejoined Tigg, 'it certainly is a difficult question. 'Undoubtedly it is a difficult question, Mr Pecksniff answered. As he spoke he drew himself aloft, and seemed to grow more mindful, suddenly, of the moral gulf between himself and the creature he addressed.
She was sitting on a bench beside the door with her hands before her face; and Tom was bending over her. 'What is the matter? cried Tom. 'Have I said anything to hurt you? Has any one said anything to hurt you? Don't cry. Pray tell me what it is. I cannot bear to see you so distressed. Mercy on us, I never was so surprised and grieved in all my life! Mr Pecksniff kept his eye in the same place.
Ecod! it's enough to make a man stare, to see a fellow looking at him all of a sudden, who he thought was sixty or seventy mile away. 'So it is, said Mr Pecksniff. 'No doubt of it, my dear Mr Jonas. For while the human mind is constituted as it is 'Oh, bother the human mind, interrupted Jonas with impatience 'what have you come up for?
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