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‟By no means,

‟By no means,

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said the poor old lady, keeping up with Ada and me.

‟Anything but troublesome. I shall confer estates on both—which is not

being troublesome, I trust? I expect a judgment. Shortly. On the Day of

Judgment. This is a good omen for you. Accept my blessing!”

She stopped at the bottom of the steep, broad flight of stairs; but we

looked back as we went up, and she was still there, saying, still with a

curtsy and a smile between every little sentence, Youth. And hope. And ‟

beauty. And Chancery. And Conversation Kenge! Ha! Pray accept my

blessing!”

CHAPTER IV. Telescopic Philanthropy

We were to pass the night, Mr. Kenge told us when we arrived in his

room, at Mrs. Jellyby’s; and then he turned to me and said he took it for

granted I knew who Mrs. Jellyby was.

I really don’t, sir,” I returned. Perhaps Mr. Carstone—or Miss Clare ‟ ‟

—”

But no, they knew nothing whatever about Mrs. Jellyby. In-deed! ‟

Mrs. Jellyby,” said Mr. Kenge, standing with his back to the fire and

casting his eyes over the dusty hearth-rug as if it were Mrs. Jellyby’s

biography, is a lady of very remarkable strength of character who ‟

devotes herself entirely to the public. She has devoted herself to an

extensive variety of public subjects at various times and is at present

(until something else attracts her) devoted to the subject of Africa, with

a view to the general cultivation of the coffee berry—and the natives—

and the happy settlement, on the banks of the African rivers, of our

superabundant home population. Mr. Jarndyce, who is desirous to aid

any work that is considered likely to be a good work and who is much

sought after by philanthropists, has, I believe, a very high opinion of

Mrs. Jellyby.”

Mr. Kenge, adjusting his cravat, then looked at us. said the poor old lady, keeping up with Ada and me.

‟Anything but troublesome. I shall confer estates on both—which is not

being troublesome, I trust? I expect a judgment. Shortly. On the Day of

Judgment. This is a good omen for you. Accept my blessing!”

She stopped at the bottom of the steep, broad flight of stairs; but we

looked back as we went up, and she was still there, saying, still with a

curtsy and a smile between every little sentence, Youth. And hope. And ‟

beauty. And Chancery. And Conversation Kenge! Ha! Pray accept my

blessing!”

CHAPTER IV. Telescopic Philanthropy

We were to pass the night, Mr. Kenge told us when we arrived in his

room, at Mrs. Jellyby’s; and then he turned to me and said he took it for

granted I knew who Mrs. Jellyby was.

I really don’t, sir,” I returned. Perhaps Mr. Carstone—or Miss Clare ‟ ‟

—”

But no, they knew nothing whatever about Mrs. Jellyby. In-deed! ‟

Mrs. Jellyby,” said Mr. Kenge, standing with his back to the fire and

casting his eyes over the dusty hearth-rug as if it were Mrs. Jellyby’s

biography, is a lady of very remarkable strength of character who ‟

devotes herself entirely to the public. She has devoted herself to an

extensive variety of public subjects at various times and is at present

(until something else attracts her) devoted to the subject of Africa, with

a view to the general cultivation of the coffee berry—and the natives—

and the happy settlement, on the banks of the African rivers, of our

superabundant home population. Mr. Jarndyce, who is desirous to aid

any work that is considered likely to be a good work and who is much

sought after by philanthropists, has, I believe, a very high opinion of

Mrs. Jellyby.”

Mr. Kenge, adjusting his cravat, then looked at us.

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