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After
tea
we
had
quite
a
little
concert
,
in
which
Richard
—
who
was
enthralled
by
Ada
’
s
singing
and
told
me
that
she
seemed
to
know
all
the
songs
that
ever
were
written
—
and
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
and
I
were
the
audience
.
After
a
little
while
I
missed
first
Mr
.
Skimpole
and
afterwards
Richard
,
and
while
I
was
thinking
how
could
Richard
stay
away
so
long
and
lose
so
much
,
the
maid
who
had
given
me
the
keys
looked
in
at
the
door
,
saying
,
"
If
you
please
,
miss
,
could
you
spare
a
minute
?
"
When
I
was
shut
out
with
her
in
the
hall
,
she
said
,
holding
up
her
hands
,
"
Oh
,
if
you
please
,
miss
,
Mr
.
Carstone
says
would
you
come
upstairs
to
Mr
.
Skimpole
’
s
room
.
He
has
been
took
,
miss
!
"
"
Took
?
"
said
I
.
"
Took
,
miss
.
Sudden
,
"
said
the
maid
.
I
was
apprehensive
that
his
illness
might
be
of
a
dangerous
kind
,
but
of
course
I
begged
her
to
be
quiet
and
not
disturb
any
one
and
collected
myself
,
as
I
followed
her
quickly
upstairs
,
sufficiently
to
consider
what
were
the
best
remedies
to
be
applied
if
it
should
prove
to
be
a
fit
.
She
threw
open
a
door
and
I
went
into
a
chamber
,
where
,
to
my
unspeakable
surprise
,
instead
of
finding
Mr
.
Skimpole
stretched
upon
the
bed
or
prostrate
on
the
floor
,
I
found
him
standing
before
the
fire
smiling
at
Richard
,
while
Richard
,
with
a
face
of
great
embarrassment
,
looked
at
a
person
on
the
sofa
,
in
a
white
great
-
coat
,
with
smooth
hair
upon
his
head
and
not
much
of
it
,
which
he
was
wiping
smoother
and
making
less
of
with
a
pocket
-
handkerchief
.
"
Miss
Summerson
,
"
said
Richard
hurriedly
,
"
I
am
glad
you
are
come
.
You
will
be
able
to
advise
us
.
Our
friend
Mr
.
Skimpole
—
don
’
t
be
alarmed
!
—
is
arrested
for
debt
.
"
"
And
really
,
my
dear
Miss
Summerson
,
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
with
his
agreeable
candour
,
"
I
never
was
in
a
situation
in
which
that
excellent
sense
and
quiet
habit
of
method
and
usefulness
,
which
anybody
must
observe
in
you
who
has
the
happiness
of
being
a
quarter
of
an
hour
in
your
society
,
was
more
needed
.
"
The
person
on
the
sofa
,
who
appeared
to
have
a
cold
in
his
head
,
gave
such
a
very
loud
snort
that
he
startled
me
.
"
Are
you
arrested
for
much
,
sir
?
"
I
inquired
of
Mr
.
Skimpole
.
"
My
dear
Miss
Summerson
,
"
said
he
,
shaking
his
head
pleasantly
,
"
I
don
’
t
know
.
Some
pounds
,
odd
shillings
,
and
halfpence
,
I
think
,
were
mentioned
.
"
"
It
’
s
twenty
-
four
pound
,
sixteen
,
and
sevenpence
ha
’
penny
,
"
observed
the
stranger
.
"
That
’
s
wot
it
is
.
"
"
And
it
sounds
—
somehow
it
sounds
,
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
"
like
a
small
sum
?
"
The
strange
man
said
nothing
but
made
another
snort
.
It
was
such
a
powerful
one
that
it
seemed
quite
to
lift
him
out
of
his
seat
.
"
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
"
said
Richard
to
me
,
"
has
a
delicacy
in
applying
to
my
cousin
Jarndyce
because
he
has
lately
—
I
think
,
sir
,
I
understood
you
that
you
had
lately
—
"
"
Oh
,
yes
!
"
returned
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
smiling
.
"
Though
I
forgot
how
much
it
was
and
when
it
was
.
Jarndyce
would
readily
do
it
again
,
but
I
have
the
epicure
-
like
feeling
that
I
would
prefer
a
novelty
in
help
,
that
I
would
rather
,
"
and
he
looked
at
Richard
and
me
,
"
develop
generosity
in
a
new
soil
and
in
a
new
form
of
flower
.
"
"
What
do
you
think
will
be
best
,
Miss
Summerson
?
"
said
Richard
,
aside
.
I
ventured
to
inquire
,
generally
,
before
replying
,
what
would
happen
if
the
money
were
not
produced
.
"
Jail
,
"
said
the
strange
man
,
coolly
putting
his
handkerchief
into
his
hat
,
which
was
on
the
floor
at
his
feet
.
"
Or
Coavinses
.
"
"
May
I
ask
,
sir
,
what
is
—
"
"
Coavinses
?
"
said
the
strange
man
.
"
A
’
ouse
.
"
Richard
and
I
looked
at
one
another
again
.
It
was
a
most
singular
thing
that
the
arrest
was
our
embarrassment
and
not
Mr
.
Skimpole
’
s
.
He
observed
us
with
a
genial
interest
,
but
there
seemed
,
if
I
may
venture
on
such
a
contradiction
,
nothing
selfish
in
it
.
He
had
entirely
washed
his
hands
of
the
difficulty
,
and
it
had
become
ours
.
"
I
thought
,
"
he
suggested
,
as
if
good
-
naturedly
to
help
us
out
,
"
that
being
parties
in
a
Chancery
suit
concerning
(
as
people
say
)
a
large
amount
of
property
,
Mr
.
Richard
or
his
beautiful
cousin
,
or
both
,
could
sign
something
,
or
make
over
something
,
or
give
some
sort
of
undertaking
,
or
pledge
,
or
bond
?
I
don
’
t
know
what
the
business
name
of
it
may
be
,
but
I
suppose
there
is
some
instrument
within
their
power
that
would
settle
this
?
"
"
Not
a
bit
on
it
,
"
said
the
strange
man
.
"
Really
?
"
returned
Mr
.
Skimpole
.
"
That
seems
odd
,
now
,
to
one
who
is
no
judge
of
these
things
!
"
"
Odd
or
even
,
"
said
the
stranger
gruffly
,
"
I
tell
you
,
not
a
bit
on
it
!
"
"
Keep
your
temper
,
my
good
fellow
,
keep
your
temper
!
"
Mr
.
Skimpole
gently
reasoned
with
him
as
he
made
a
little
drawing
of
his
head
on
the
fly
-
leaf
of
a
book
.
"
Don
’
t
be
ruffled
by
your
occupation
.
We
can
separate
you
from
your
office
;
we
can
separate
the
individual
from
the
pursuit
.
We
are
not
so
prejudiced
as
to
suppose
that
in
private
life
you
are
otherwise
than
a
very
estimable
man
,
with
a
great
deal
of
poetry
in
your
nature
,
of
which
you
may
not
be
conscious
.
"
The
stranger
only
answered
with
another
violent
snort
,
whether
in
acceptance
of
the
poetry
-
tribute
or
in
disdainful
rejection
of
it
,
he
did
not
express
to
me
.
"
Now
,
my
dear
Miss
Summerson
,
and
my
dear
Mr
.
Richard
,
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
gaily
,
innocently
,
and
confidingly
as
he
looked
at
his
drawing
with
his
head
on
one
side
,
"
here
you
see
me
utterly
incapable
of
helping
myself
,
and
entirely
in
your
hands
!
I
only
ask
to
be
free
.
The
butterflies
are
free
.
Mankind
will
surely
not
deny
to
Harold
Skimpole
what
it
concedes
to
the
butterflies
!
"
"
My
dear
Miss
Summerson
,
"
said
Richard
in
a
whisper
,
"
I
have
ten
pounds
that
I
received
from
Mr
.
Kenge
.
I
must
try
what
that
will
do
.
"
I
possessed
fifteen
pounds
,
odd
shillings
,
which
I
had
saved
from
my
quarterly
allowance
during
several
years
.
I
had
always
thought
that
some
accident
might
happen
which
would
throw
me
suddenly
,
without
any
relation
or
any
property
,
on
the
world
and
had
always
tried
to
keep
some
little
money
by
me
that
I
might
not
be
quite
penniless
.
I
told
Richard
of
my
having
this
little
store
and
having
no
present
need
of
it
,
and
I
asked
him
delicately
to
inform
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
while
I
should
be
gone
to
fetch
it
,
that
we
would
have
the
pleasure
of
paying
his
debt
.
When
I
came
back
,
Mr
.
Skimpole
kissed
my
hand
and
seemed
quite
touched
.
Not
on
his
own
account
(
I
was
again
aware
of
that
perplexing
and
extraordinary
contradiction
)
,
but
on
ours
,
as
if
personal
considerations
were
impossible
with
him
and
the
contemplation
of
our
happiness
alone
affected
him
.
Richard
,
begging
me
,
for
the
greater
grace
of
the
transaction
,
as
he
said
,
to
settle
with
Coavinses
(
as
Mr
.
Skimpole
now
jocularly
called
him
)
,
I
counted
out
the
money
and
received
the
necessary
acknowledgment
.
This
,
too
,
delighted
Mr
.
Skimpole
.
His
compliments
were
so
delicately
administered
that
I
blushed
less
than
I
might
have
done
and
settled
with
the
stranger
in
the
white
coat
without
making
any
mistakes
.
He
put
the
money
in
his
pocket
and
shortly
said
,
"
Well
,
then
,
I
’
ll
wish
you
a
good
evening
,
miss
.
"
My
friend
,
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
standing
with
his
back
to
the
fire
after
giving
up
the
sketch
when
it
was
half
finished
,
"
I
should
like
to
ask
you
something
,
without
offence
.
"
I
think
the
reply
was
,
"
Cut
away
,
then
!
"
"
Did
you
know
this
morning
,
now
,
that
you
were
coming
out
on
this
errand
?
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
.
"
Know
’
d
it
yes
’
day
aft
’
noon
at
tea
-
time
,
"
said
Coavinses
.
"
It
didn
’
t
affect
your
appetite
?
Didn
’
t
make
you
at
all
uneasy
?
"
"
Not
a
bit
,
"
said
Coavinses
.
"
I
know
’
d
if
you
wos
missed
to
-
day
,
you
wouldn
’
t
be
missed
to
-
morrow
.
A
day
makes
no
such
odds
.
"
"
But
when
you
came
down
here
,
"
proceeded
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
"
it
was
a
fine
day
.
The
sun
was
shining
,
the
wind
was
blowing
,
the
lights
and
shadows
were
passing
across
the
fields
,
the
birds
were
singing
.
"
"
Nobody
said
they
warn
’
t
,
in
MY
hearing
,
"
returned
Coavinses
.
"
No
,
"
observed
Mr
.
Skimpole
.
"
But
what
did
you
think
upon
the
road
?
"
"
Wot
do
you
mean
?
"
growled
Coavinses
with
an
appearance
of
strong
resentment
.
"
Think
!
I
’
ve
got
enough
to
do
,
and
little
enough
to
get
for
it
without
thinking
.
Thinking
!
"
(
with
profound
contempt
)
.
"
Then
you
didn
’
t
think
,
at
all
events
,
"
proceeded
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
"
to
this
effect
:
’
Harold
Skimpole
loves
to
see
the
sun
shine
,
loves
to
hear
the
wind
blow
,
loves
to
watch
the
changing
lights
and
shadows
,
loves
to
hear
the
birds
,
those
choristers
in
Nature
’
s
great
cathedral
.
And
does
it
seem
to
me
that
I
am
about
to
deprive
Harold
Skimpole
of
his
share
in
such
possessions
,
which
are
his
only
birthright
!
’
You
thought
nothing
to
that
effect
?
"
"
I
—
certainly
—
did
—
NOT
,
"
said
Coavinses
,
whose
doggedness
in
utterly
renouncing
the
idea
was
of
that
intense
kind
that
he
could
only
give
adequate
expression
to
it
by
putting
a
long
interval
between
each
word
,
and
accompanying
the
last
with
a
jerk
that
might
have
dislocated
his
neck
.
"
Very
odd
and
very
curious
,
the
mental
process
is
,
in
you
men
of
business
!
"
said
Mr
.
Skimpole
thoughtfully
.
"
Thank
you
,
my
friend
.
Good
night
.
"
As
our
absence
had
been
long
enough
already
to
seem
strange
downstairs
,
I
returned
at
once
and
found
Ada
sitting
at
work
by
the
fireside
talking
to
her
cousin
John
.
Mr
.
Skimpole
presently
appeared
,
and
Richard
shortly
after
him
.
I
was
sufficiently
engaged
during
the
remainder
of
the
evening
in
taking
my
first
lesson
in
backgammon
from
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
who
was
very
fond
of
the
game
and
from
whom
I
wished
of
course
to
learn
it
as
quickly
as
I
could
in
order
that
I
might
be
of
the
very
small
use
of
being
able
to
play
when
he
had
no
better
adversary
.
But
I
thought
,
occasionally
,
when
Mr
.
Skimpole
played
some
fragments
of
his
own
compositions
or
when
,
both
at
the
piano
and
the
violoncello
,
and
at
our
table
,
he
preserved
with
an
absence
of
all
effort
his
delightful
spirits
and
his
easy
flow
of
conversation
,
that
Richard
and
I
seemed
to
retain
the
transferred
impression
of
having
been
arrested
since
dinner
and
that
it
was
very
curious
altogether
.
It
was
late
before
we
separated
,
for
when
Ada
was
going
at
eleven
o
’
clock
,
Mr
.
Skimpole
went
to
the
piano
and
rattled
hilariously
that
the
best
of
all
ways
to
lengthen
our
days
was
to
steal
a
few
hours
from
night
,
my
dear
!
It
was
past
twelve
before
he
took
his
candle
and
his
radiant
face
out
of
the
room
,
and
I
think
he
might
have
kept
us
there
,
if
he
had
seen
fit
,
until
daybreak
.
Ada
and
Richard
were
lingering
for
a
few
moments
by
the
fire
,
wondering
whether
Mrs
.
Jellyby
had
yet
finished
her
dictation
for
the
day
,
when
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
who
had
been
out
of
the
room
,
returned
.
"
Oh
,
dear
me
,
what
’
s
this
,
what
’
s
this
!
"
he
said
,
rubbing
his
head
and
walking
about
with
his
good
-
humoured
vexation
.
"
What
’
s
this
they
tell
me
?
Rick
,
my
boy
,
Esther
,
my
dear
,
what
have
you
been
doing
?
Why
did
you
do
it
?
How
could
you
do
it
?
How
much
apiece
was
it
?
The
wind
’
s
round
again
.
I
feel
it
all
over
me
!
"
We
neither
of
us
quite
knew
what
to
answer
.
"
Come
,
Rick
,
come
!
I
must
settle
this
before
I
sleep
.
How
much
are
you
out
of
pocket
?
You
two
made
the
money
up
,
you
know
!
Why
did
you
?
How
could
you
?
Oh
,
Lord
,
yes
,
it
’
s
due
east
—
must
be
!
"
"
Really
,
sir
,
"
said
Richard
,
"
I
don
’
t
think
it
would
be
honourable
in
me
to
tell
you
.
Mr
.
Skimpole
relied
upon
us
—
"
"
Lord
bless
you
,
my
dear
boy
!
He
relies
upon
everybody
!
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
giving
his
head
a
great
rub
and
stopping
short
.
"
Indeed
,
sir
?
"
"
Everybody
!
And
he
’
ll
be
in
the
same
scrape
again
next
week
!
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
walking
again
at
a
great
pace
,
with
a
candle
in
his
hand
that
had
gone
out
.
"
He
’
s
always
in
the
same
scrape
.
He
was
born
in
the
same
scrape
.
I
verily
believe
that
the
announcement
in
the
newspapers
when
his
mother
was
confined
was
’
On
Tuesday
last
,
at
her
residence
in
Botheration
Buildings
,
Mrs
.
Skimpole
of
a
son
in
difficulties
.
’
"
Richard
laughed
heartily
but
added
,
"
Still
,
sir
,
I
don
’
t
want
to
shake
his
confidence
or
to
break
his
confidence
,
and
if
I
submit
to
your
better
knowledge
again
,
that
I
ought
to
keep
his
secret
,
I
hope
you
will
consider
before
you
press
me
any
more
.
Of
course
,
if
you
do
press
me
,
sir
,
I
shall
know
I
am
wrong
and
will
tell
you
.
"
"
Well
!
"
cried
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
stopping
again
,
and
making
several
absent
endeavours
to
put
his
candlestick
in
his
pocket
.
"
I
—
here
!
Take
it
away
,
my
dear
.
I
don
’
t
know
what
I
am
about
with
it
;
it
’
s
all
the
wind
—
invariably
has
that
effect
—
I
won
’
t
press
you
,
Rick
;
you
may
be
right
.
But
really
—
to
get
hold
of
you
and
Esther
—
and
to
squeeze
you
like
a
couple
of
tender
young
Saint
Michael
’
s
oranges
!
It
’
ll
blow
a
gale
in
the
course
of
the
night
!
"
He
was
now
alternately
putting
his
hands
into
his
pockets
as
if
he
were
going
to
keep
them
there
a
long
time
,
and
taking
them
out
again
and
vehemently
rubbing
them
all
over
his
head
.
I
ventured
to
take
this
opportunity
of
hinting
that
Mr
.
Skimpole
,
being
in
all
such
matters
quite
a
child
—
"
Eh
,
my
dear
?
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
catching
at
the
word
.
"
Being
quite
a
child
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
and
so
different
from
other
people
—
"
"
You
are
right
!
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
brightening
.
"
Your
woman
’
s
wit
hits
the
mark
.
He
is
a
child
—
an
absolute
child
.
I
told
you
he
was
a
child
,
you
know
,
when
I
first
mentioned
him
.
"
Certainly
!
Certainly
!
we
said
.
"
And
he
IS
a
child
.
Now
,
isn
’
t
he
?
"
asked
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
brightening
more
and
more
.
He
was
indeed
,
we
said
.
"
When
you
come
to
think
of
it
,
it
’
s
the
height
of
childishness
in
you
—
I
mean
me
—
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
"
to
regard
him
for
a
moment
as
a
man
.
You
can
’
t
make
HIM
responsible
.
The
idea
of
Harold
Skimpole
with
designs
or
plans
,
or
knowledge
of
consequences
!
Ha
,
ha
,
ha
!
"
It
was
so
delicious
to
see
the
clouds
about
his
bright
face
clearing
,
and
to
see
him
so
heartily
pleased
,
and
to
know
,
as
it
was
impossible
not
to
know
,
that
the
source
of
his
pleasure
was
the
goodness
which
was
tortured
by
condemning
,
or
mistrusting
,
or
secretly
accusing
any
one
,
that
I
saw
the
tears
in
Ada
’
s
eyes
,
while
she
echoed
his
laugh
,
and
felt
them
in
my
own
.
"
Why
,
what
a
cod
’
s
head
and
shoulders
I
am
,
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
"
to
require
reminding
of
it
!
The
whole
business
shows
the
child
from
beginning
to
end
.
Nobody
but
a
child
would
have
thought
of
singling
YOU
two
out
for
parties
in
the
affair
!
Nobody
but
a
child
would
have
thought
of
YOUR
having
the
money
!
If
it
had
been
a
thousand
pounds
,
it
would
have
been
just
the
same
!
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
with
his
whole
face
in
a
glow
.
We
all
confirmed
it
from
our
night
’
s
experience
.
"
To
be
sure
,
to
be
sure
!
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
.
"
However
,
Rick
,
Esther
,
and
you
too
,
Ada
,
for
I
don
’
t
know
that
even
your
little
purse
is
safe
from
his
inexperience
—
I
must
have
a
promise
all
round
that
nothing
of
this
sort
shall
ever
be
done
any
more
.
No
advances
!
Not
even
sixpences
.
"
We
all
promised
faithfully
,
Richard
with
a
merry
glance
at
me
touching
his
pocket
as
if
to
remind
me
that
there
was
no
danger
of
OUR
transgressing
.
"
As
to
Skimpole
,
"
said
Mr
.
Jarndyce
,
"
a
habitable
doll
’
s
house
with
good
board
and
a
few
tin
people
to
get
into
debt
with
and
borrow
money
of
would
set
the
boy
up
in
life
.
He
is
in
a
child
’
s
sleep
by
this
time
,
I
suppose
;
it
’
s
time
I
should
take
my
craftier
head
to
my
more
worldly
pillow
.
Good
night
,
my
dears
.
God
bless
you
!
"
He
peeped
in
again
,
with
a
smiling
face
,
before
we
had
lighted
our
candles
,
and
said
,
"
Oh
!
I
have
been
looking
at
the
weather
-
cock
.
I
find
it
was
a
false
alarm
about
the
wind
.
It
’
s
in
the
south
!
"
And
went
away
singing
to
himself
.
