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'

--

Raw

material

--

where

Mr.

Bounderby

,

the

banker

,

might

reside

.

Upon

which

,

misled

no

doubt

by

the

word

Banker

,

he

directed

me

to

the

Bank

.

Fact

being

,

I

presume

,

that

Mr.

Bounderby

the

Banker

does

not

reside

in

the

edifice

in

which

I

have

the

honour

of

offering

this

explanation

?

'

'

No

,

sir

,

'

returned

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

'

he

does

not

.

'

'

Thank

you

.

I

had

no

intention

of

delivering

my

letter

at

the

present

moment

,

nor

have

I

.

But

strolling

on

to

the

Bank

to

kill

time

,

and

having

the

good

fortune

to

observe

at

the

window

,

'

towards

which

he

languidly

waved

his

hand

,

then

slightly

bowed

,

'

a

lady

of

a

very

superior

and

agreeable

appearance

,

I

considered

that

I

could

not

do

better

than

take

the

liberty

of

asking

that

lady

where

Mr.

Bounderby

the

Banker

does

live

.

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Which

I

accordingly

venture

,

with

all

suitable

apologies

,

to

do

.

'

The

inattention

and

indolence

of

his

manner

were

sufficiently

relieved

,

to

Mrs.

Sparsit

's

thinking

,

by

a

certain

gallantry

at

ease

,

which

offered

her

homage

too

.

Here

he

was

,

for

instance

,

at

this

moment

,

all

but

sitting

on

the

table

,

and

yet

lazily

bending

over

her

,

as

if

he

acknowledged

an

attraction

in

her

that

made

her

charming

--

in

her

way

.

'

Banks

,

I

know

,

are

always

suspicious

,

and

officially

must

be

,

'

said

the

stranger

,

whose

lightness

and

smoothness

of

speech

were

pleasant

likewise

;

suggesting

matter

far

more

sensible

and

humorous

than

it

ever

contained

--

which

was

perhaps

a

shrewd

device

of

the

founder

of

this

numerous

sect

,

whosoever

may

have

been

that

great

man

:

'

therefore

I

may

observe

that

my

letter

--

here

it

is

--

is

from

the

member

for

this

place

--

Gradgrind

--

whom

I

have

had

the

pleasure

of

knowing

in

London

.

'

Mrs.

Sparsit

recognized

the

hand

,

intimated

that

such

confirmation

was

quite

unnecessary

,

and

gave

Mr.

Bounderby

's

address

,

with

all

needful

clues

and

directions

in

aid

.

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'

Thousand

thanks

,

'

said

the

stranger

.

'

Of

course

you

know

the

Banker

well

?

'

'

Yes

,

sir

,

'

rejoined

Mrs.

Sparsit

.

'

In

my

dependent

relation

towards

him

,

I

have

known

him

ten

years

.

'

'

Quite

an

eternity

!

I

think

he

married

Gradgrind

's

daughter

?

'

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