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'

Bounderby

,

'

urged

Mr.

Gradgrind

,

'

this

is

unreasonable

.

'

'

Is

it

?

'

said

Bounderby

.

'

I

am

glad

to

hear

you

say

so

.

Because

when

Tom

Gradgrind

,

with

his

new

lights

,

tells

me

that

what

I

say

is

unreasonable

,

I

am

convinced

at

once

it

must

be

devilish

sensible

.

With

your

permission

I

am

going

on

.

You

know

my

origin

;

and

you

know

that

for

a

good

many

years

of

my

life

I

did

n't

want

a

shoeing-horn

,

in

consequence

of

not

having

a

shoe

.

Yet

you

may

believe

or

not

,

as

you

think

proper

,

that

there

are

ladies

--

born

ladies

--

belonging

to

families

--

Families

!

--

who

next

to

worship

the

ground

I

walk

on

.

'

He

discharged

this

like

a

Rocket

,

at

his

father-in-law

's

head

.

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'

Whereas

your

daughter

,

'

proceeded

Bounderby

,

'

is

far

from

being

a

born

lady

.

That

you

know

,

yourself

.

Not

that

I

care

a

pinch

of

candle-snuff

about

such

things

,

for

you

are

very

well

aware

I

do

n't

;

but

that

such

is

the

fact

,

and

you

,

Tom

Gradgrind

,

ca

n't

change

it

.

Why

do

I

say

this

?

'

'

Not

,

I

fear

,

'

observed

Mr.

Gradgrind

,

in

a

low

voice

,

'

to

spare

me

.

'

'

Hear

me

out

,

'

said

Bounderby

,

'

and

refrain

from

cutting

in

till

your

turn

comes

round

.

I

say

this

,

because

highly

connected

females

have

been

astonished

to

see

the

way

in

which

your

daughter

has

conducted

herself

,

and

to

witness

her

insensibility

.

They

have

wondered

how

I

have

suffered

it

.

And

I

wonder

myself

now

,

and

I

wo

n't

suffer

it

.

'

'

Bounderby

,

'

returned

Mr.

Gradgrind

,

rising

,

'

the

less

we

say

to-night

the

better

,

I

think

.

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'

'

On

the

contrary

,

Tom

Gradgrind

,

the

more

we

say

to-night

,

the

better

,

I

think

.

That

is

,

'

the

consideration

checked

him

,

'

till

I

have

said

all

I

mean

to

say

,

and

then

I

do

n't

care

how

soon

we

stop

.

I

come

to

a

question

that

may

shorten

the

business

.

What

do

you

mean

by

the

proposal

you

made

just

now

?

'

'

What

do

I

mean

,

Bounderby

?

'

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