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This was the only great change over and above the change which had fallen on the youngest gentleman. As for him, he more than corroborated the account of Mrs Todgers; possessing greater sensibility than even she had given him credit for.
'Why Mr Jinkins's robin, my dear madam? asked Mr Pecksniff, putting one arm round Mercy, and the other round Mrs Todgers, whom he seemed, in the abstraction of the moment, to mistake for Charity. 'Why Mr Jinkins's? 'Because he began to get it up, and indeed always takes the lead in the house, said Mrs Todgers, playfully. 'That's why, sir.
Don't eat none of him! And, with this special warning, vanished again. By-and-bye, he returned to lay the cloth for supper; it having been arranged between Mrs Todgers and the young ladies, that they should partake of an exclusive veal-cutlet together in the privacy of that apartment.
'Dear girls! said Mrs Todgers. 'I must take that liberty once more. Mrs Todgers meant by this that she must embrace them once more, which she accordingly did with great ardour. 'I think I know how to arrange it, said Mrs Todgers, at length. 'A sofa bedstead in the little third room which opens from my own parlour. Oh, you dear girls!
'And he sits very close to me. 'Also quite correct, said Mrs Todgers. 'And he looks at me. 'To be sure he does, said Mrs Todgers. 'And he has his arm upon the back of the chair or sofa, or whatever it is behind me, you know. 'I should think so, said Mrs Todgers. 'And then he begins to cry!
He also began, as Mrs Todgers said, to slip home 'in his dinner-times, and to get away from 'the office' at unholy seasons; and twice, as he informed Mrs Todgers himself, he received anonymous letters, enclosing cards from Furniture Warehouses clearly the act of that ungentlemanly ruffian Jinkins; only he hadn't evidence enough to call him out upon.
"All that night poor love-sick Todgers tried his new-born hopes to quell, And Miss Tee made resolutions, but she did not make them well, For they went to smash at daybreak, and she softly murmured ''Tis Kismet! Fate! Predestination! If he'll have me I am his. While Todgers sang 'There's Only One Girl in This World for Me, Or its music hall equivalent in eighteen-seventy.
'Base wretches they must be! said Mrs Todgers. 'Madam, said Mr Pecksniff, 'you are right. I respect you for that observation. A word in your ear. To Parents and Guardians. This is in confidence, Mrs Todgers? 'The strictest, of course! cried that lady. 'To Parents and Guardians, repeated Mr Pecksniff.
As to Mrs Todgers, she leaned on Mr Pecksniff's arm and preserved a kind of genteel grimness, suitable to any state of mind, and involving any shade of opinion. 'Don't be alarmed, Miss Pinch, said Mr Pecksniff, taking her hand condescendingly in one of his, and patting it with the other. 'I have called to see you, in pursuance of a promise given to your brother, Thomas Pinch.
'Their conduct has been such, my dear madam, said Mr Pecksniff, 'as I can never think of without emotion, or remember without a tear. Oh, Mrs Todgers! 'My goodness! exclaimed that lady. 'How low you are in your spirits, sir! 'I am a man, my dear madam, said Mr Pecksniff, shedding tears and speaking with an imperfect articulation, 'but I am also a father. I am also a widower.
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