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'

However

,

ma'am

,

'

said

Bounderby

,

'

there

are

apartments

at

the

Bank

,

where

a

born

and

bred

lady

,

as

keeper

of

the

place

,

would

be

rather

a

catch

than

otherwise

;

and

if

the

same

terms

--

'

'

I

beg

your

pardon

,

sir

.

You

were

so

good

as

to

promise

that

you

would

always

substitute

the

phrase

,

annual

compliment

.

'

'

Well

,

ma'am

,

annual

compliment

.

If

the

same

annual

compliment

would

be

acceptable

there

,

why

,

I

see

nothing

to

part

us

,

unless

you

do

.

'

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'

Sir

,

'

returned

Mrs.

Sparsit

.

'

The

proposal

is

like

yourself

,

and

if

the

position

I

shall

assume

at

the

Bank

is

one

that

I

could

occupy

without

descending

lower

in

the

social

scale

--

'

'

Why

,

of

course

it

is

,

'

said

Bounderby

.

'

If

it

was

not

,

ma'am

,

you

do

n't

suppose

that

I

should

offer

it

to

a

lady

who

has

moved

in

the

society

you

have

moved

in

.

Not

that

I

care

for

such

society

,

you

know

!

But

you

do

.

'

'

Mr.

Bounderby

,

you

are

very

considerate

.

'

'

You

'll

have

your

own

private

apartments

,

and

you

'll

have

your

coals

and

your

candles

,

and

all

the

rest

of

it

,

and

you

'll

have

your

maid

to

attend

upon

you

,

and

you

'll

have

your

light

porter

to

protect

you

,

and

you

'll

be

what

I

take

the

liberty

of

considering

precious

comfortable

,

'

said

Bounderby

.

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'

Sir

,

'

rejoined

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

'

say

no

more

.

In

yielding

up

my

trust

here

,

I

shall

not

be

freed

from

the

necessity

of

eating

the

bread

of

dependence

:

'

she

might

have

said

the

sweetbread

,

for

that

delicate

article

in

a

savoury

brown

sauce

was

her

favourite

supper

:

'

and

I

would

rather

receive

it

from

your

hand

,

than

from

any

other

.

Therefore

,

sir

,

I

accept

your

offer

gratefully

,

and

with

many

sincere

acknowledgments

for

past

favours

.

And

I

hope

,

sir

,

'

said

Mrs.

Sparsit

,

concluding

in

an

impressively

compassionate

manner

,

'

I

fondly

hope

that

Miss

Gradgrind

may

be

all

you

desire

,

and

deserve

!

'

Nothing

moved

Mrs.

Sparsit

from

that

position

any

more

.

It

was

in

vain

for

Bounderby

to

bluster

or

to

assert

himself

in

any

of

his

explosive

ways

;

Mrs.

Sparsit

was

resolved

to

have

compassion

on

him

,

as

a

Victim

.

She

was

polite

,

obliging

,

cheerful

,

hopeful

;

but

,

the

more

polite

,

the

more

obliging

,

the

more

cheerful

,

the

more

hopeful

,

the

more

exemplary

altogether

,

she

;

the

forlorner

Sacrifice

and

Victim

,

he

.

She

had

that

tenderness

for

his

melancholy

fate

,

that

his

great

red

countenance

used

to

break

out

into

cold

perspirations

when

she

looked

at

him

.

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