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"His own mother ought to know what he was baptized, and here is a letter from her which the postmaster and I opened this morning. Look! 'My dear Aminadab." "Don't believe it, Saccharissa," said I, faintly, "It is only one of those tender nicknames, relics of childhood, which the maternal parent alone remembers." "Silence, culprit!" exclaimed Judge Pyke.
The dear, devoted fellow was so absurdly vague about it. Unavoidable circumstances prevented him; that was all; his writing and all the appearance of his letter so delightfully distracted! How amused we were, your Uncle Pyke and I! How amused, and how we felt for the dear, devoted fellow! Screwing up his courage! How we remembered our own courtship!
Later on, when Laetitia had left school and was within sight of putting up her hair, "good match" was openly spoken of by Aunt Belle in her crowded drawing-room or alone in company of the two girls and Uncle Pyke. "And soon dear Laetitia will be making a good match, a splendid match"; and beautiful Laetitia would faintly colour and faintly smile.
'Well, Pluck, said Pyke. 'Is there anybody, demanded Mr Pluck, mysteriously, 'anybody you know, that Mrs Wititterly's profile reminds you of? 'Reminds me of! answered Pyke. 'Of course there is. 'Who do you mean? said Pluck, in the same mysterious manner. 'The D. of B.? 'The C. of B., replied Pyke, with the faintest trace of a grin lingering in his countenance.
'You hear him, ma'am? said Mr Pluck, looking round; 'you hear the unimpeachable testimony of my friend Pyke that reminds me, formalities, formalities, must not be neglected in civilised society. Pyke Mrs Nickleby. Mr Pyke laid his hand upon his heart, and bowed low. 'Any friend of Sir Mulberry Hawk's requires no better introduction to me, observed Mrs Nickleby, graciously.
'And I'll tell you what, said Mr Pyke; 'if you'll send round to the public-house for a pot of milk half-and-half, positively and actually I'll drink it. 'At twenty minutes before seven, then, said Mr Pyke, rising, 'the coach will be here. One more look one little look at that sweet face. Ah! here it is.
But my heart was heavy; consequently my heels were not light. My faint attempts at pirouettes were not satisfactory. "Dance jollier, or we'll hang you," said Plickaman. "No," says Judge Pyke, "the sentence of the Court has been executed. In the sacred name of Justice I protest against proceeding farther.
'It is but manner. 'It is a demd uncomfortable, private-madhouse-sort of a manner, said Mr Mantalini, picking up his cane. Ralph affected to smile, and once more inquired from whom Mr Mantalini had derived his information. 'From Pyke; and a demd, fine, pleasant, gentlemanly dog it is, replied Mantalini. 'Demnition pleasant, and a tip-top sawyer.
The Bashibazook, Mr. Ponders, Uncle Pyke, Uncle Pyke's friends all were infinitely superior and did what they pleased; but, oh, not nice, frightening. It was safe and nice to be only with girls. Girls were in heaps of ways extraordinarily silly and unsatisfactory. Men though not nice, unquestionably did everything better and could do things. Unquestionably theirs was the best time in life.
Adam Ferris listened and nodded his head. "I am a barn-door fowl that has hatched out a sparrow-hawk," he said meekly. "Do not pyke your father's eyes out, chicken!" And with this paternal benediction Patsy went forth on her errand. Stair's Honeypot was at the door. Fergus Garland had brought him, offering at the same time to steal Derry Down from the Castle Raincy meadows. But this Patsy refused.
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