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'I wish I could do you, or any of you, a greater, said Miss La Creevy; 'but the power to serve, is as seldom joined with the will, as the will is with the power, I think.
She went home to breakfast, and had scarcely caught the full flavour of her first sip of tea, when the servant announced a gentleman, whereat Miss La Creevy, at once imagining a new sitter transfixed by admiration at the street-door case, was in unspeakable consternation at the presence of the tea-things. 'Here, take 'em away; run with 'em into the bedroom; anywhere, said Miss La Creevy.
'Kate, my dear, said Mrs Nickleby, taking her daughter aside, as soon as they got upstairs, 'you don't really mean to tell me that this is actually true about Miss La Creevy and Mr Linkinwater? 'Indeed it is, mama. 'Why, I never heard such a thing in my life! exclaimed Mrs Nickleby. 'Mr Linkinwater is a most excellent creature, reasoned Kate, 'and, for his age, quite young still.
'In the main, said Nicholas, 'there may be no great difference of opinion between you and me, so far; but you will understand, that I desire to confront him, to justify myself, and to cast his duplicity and malice in his throat. 'That's quite another matter, rejoined Miss La Creevy. 'Heaven forgive me; but I shouldn't cry my eyes quite out of my head, if they choked him. Well?
Drawing herself up, as though she plumed herself greatly upon not resorting to these lures to catch sitters, Miss La Creevy applied herself, more intently, to her task: only raising her head occasionally, to look with unspeakable satisfaction at some touch she had just put in: and now and then giving Miss Nickleby to understand what particular feature she was at work upon, at the moment; 'not, she expressly observed, 'that you should make it up for painting, my dear, but because it's our custom sometimes to tell sitters what part we are upon, in order that if there's any particular expression they want introduced, they may throw it in, at the time, you know.
'I can't keep it from him when he asks me. 'Then you must go out, Mr Noggs, said Miss La Creevy. 'You can easily have been kept away by business, and must not return till nearly midnight. 'Then he will come straight here, retorted Newman.
'Though at the same time, added Miss La Creevy, who was plainly wavering between her good-nature and her interest, 'I have nothing whatever to say against the lady, who is extremely pleasant and affable, though, poor thing, she seems terribly low in her spirits; nor against the young people either, for nicer, or better-behaved young people cannot be.
'And when, said Miss La Creevy, after a long silence, to wit, an interval of full a minute and a half, 'when do you expect to see your uncle again? 'I scarcely know; I had expected to have seen him before now, replied Kate. 'Soon I hope, for this state of uncertainty is worse than anything. 'I suppose he has money, hasn't he? inquired Miss La Creevy.
'It is I, Miss La Creevy, said Nicholas, putting down the box and looking in. 'Bless us! exclaimed Miss La Creevy, starting and putting her hand to her curl-papers. 'You're up very early, Mr Nickleby. 'So are you, replied Nicholas. 'It's the fine arts that bring me out of bed, Mr Nickleby, returned the lady. 'I'm waiting for the light to carry out an idea.
Little Miss La Creevy, on her part, was in high spirits, and rallied Tim on having remained a bachelor all his life with so much success, that Tim was actually induced to declare, that if he could get anybody to have him, he didn't know but what he might change his condition even yet.
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