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Let's be talking. Adopting Mr Kenwigs's suggestion, the company spoke very loudly, to look easy and unembarrassed; and almost as soon as they had begun to do so, a short old gentleman in drabs and gaiters, with a face that might have been carved out of LIGNUM VITAE, for anything that appeared to the contrary, was led playfully in by Miss Morleena Kenwigs, regarding whose uncommon Christian name it may be here remarked that it had been invented and composed by Mrs Kenwigs previous to her first lying-in, for the special distinction of her eldest child, in case it should prove a daughter.
Miss Petowker and Mrs Kenwigs looked on, in silent admiration, broken only by the whispered assurances of the latter, that Morleena would have it all by heart in no time; and Mr Lillyvick regarded the group with frowning and attentive eyes, lying in wait for something upon which he could open a fresh discussion on the language. Follows the Fortunes of Miss Nickleby
The cutting and curling being at last concluded, the old gentleman, who had been finished some time, and simply waiting, rose to go also, and walked out of the establishment with Miss Morleena and her escort, proceeding with them, in profound silence until they had nearly reached Miss Morleena's home, when he asked if her family had been very much overpowered by the news of his marriage.
At the conclusion of these observations, which drew forth evidences of acute feeling from Mrs Kenwigs, and had the intended effect of impressing the company with a deep sense of the collector's dignity, a ring was heard at the bell. 'That's him, whispered Mr Kenwigs, greatly excited. 'Morleena, my dear, run down and let your uncle in, and kiss him directly you get the door open. Hem!
Lillyvick continued to repeat; "Morleena, child, my hat! Morleena, my hat!" until Mrs. "Mr. Lillyvick," said Kenwigs, "I hope for the sake of your niece that you won't object to being reconciled." The collector's face relaxed, as the company added their entreaties to those of their host. He gave up his hat and held out his hand. "There, Kenwigs," he said.
While they were both still bemoaning and weeping, a fellow lodger in the house came upon them, and hearing of their difficulty, offered to escort Miss Morleena to the barber-shop, and at once led her in safety to that establishment.
This discovery drove Mrs Kenwigs to despair; for the hairdresser lived three streets and eight dangerous crossings off; Morleena could not be trusted to go there alone, even if such a proceeding were strictly proper: of which Mrs Kenwigs had her doubts; Mr Kenwigs had not returned from business; and there was nobody to take her.
'There, Kenwigs, said Mr Lillyvick; 'and let me tell you, at the same time, to show you how much out of temper I was, that if I had gone away without another word, it would have made no difference respecting that pound or two which I shall leave among your children when I die. 'Morleena Kenwigs, cried her mother, in a torrent of affection.
So, Mrs Kenwigs first slapped Miss Kenwigs for being the cause of her vexation, and then shed tears. 'You ungrateful child! said Mrs Kenwigs, 'after I have gone through what I have, this night, for your good. 'I can't help it, ma, replied Morleena, also in tears; 'my hair WILL grow. 'Don't talk to me, you naughty thing! said Mrs Kenwigs, 'don't!
Kenwigs being again overcome by the blaze of their united beauty, after which, Morleena, the eldest olive branch whose name had been composed by Mrs. Kenwigs herself for the especial benefit of her daughter danced a dance.
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