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The
opinion
was
not
the
result
of
hasty
consideration
,
for
which
indeed
there
was
no
opportunity
at
that
time
,
as
the
child
came
directly
,
and
soon
occupied
herself
in
preparations
for
giving
Kit
a
writing
lesson
,
of
which
it
seemed
he
had
a
couple
every
week
,
and
one
regularly
on
that
evening
,
to
the
great
mirth
and
enjoyment
both
of
himself
and
his
instructress
To
relate
how
it
was
a
long
time
before
his
modesty
could
be
so
far
prevailed
upon
as
it
admit
of
his
sitting
down
in
the
parlour
,
in
the
presence
of
an
unknown
gentleman
—
how
,
when
he
did
set
down
,
he
tucked
up
his
sleeves
and
squared
his
elbows
and
put
his
face
close
to
the
copy
-
book
and
squinted
horribly
at
the
lines
—
how
,
from
the
very
first
moment
of
having
the
pen
in
his
hand
,
he
began
to
wallow
in
blots
,
and
to
daub
himself
with
ink
up
to
the
very
roots
of
his
hair
—
how
,
if
he
did
by
accident
form
a
letter
properly
,
he
immediately
smeared
it
out
again
with
his
arm
in
his
preparations
to
make
another
—
how
,
at
every
fresh
mistake
,
there
was
a
fresh
burst
of
merriment
from
the
child
and
louder
and
not
less
hearty
laugh
from
poor
Kit
himself
—
and
how
there
was
all
the
way
through
,
notwithstanding
,
a
gentle
wish
on
her
part
to
teach
,
and
an
anxious
desire
on
his
to
learn
—
to
relate
all
these
particulars
would
no
doubt
occupy
more
space
and
time
than
they
deserve
.
It
will
be
sufficient
to
say
that
the
lesson
was
given
—
that
evening
passed
and
night
came
on
—
that
the
old
man
again
grew
restless
and
impatient
—
that
he
quitted
the
house
secretly
at
the
same
hour
as
before
—
and
that
the
child
was
once
more
left
alone
within
its
gloomy
walls
.
And
now
that
I
have
carried
this
history
so
far
in
my
own
character
and
introduced
these
personages
to
the
reader
,
I
shall
for
the
convenience
of
the
narrative
detach
myself
from
its
further
course
,
and
leave
those
who
have
prominent
and
necessary
parts
in
it
to
speak
and
act
for
themselves
.
Mr
and
Mrs
Quilp
resided
on
Tower
Hill
;
and
in
her
bower
on
Tower
Hill
Mrs
Quilp
was
left
to
pine
the
absence
of
her
lord
,
when
he
quitted
her
on
the
business
which
he
had
already
seen
to
transact
.
Mr
Quilp
could
scarcely
be
said
to
be
of
any
particular
trade
or
calling
,
though
his
pursuits
were
diversified
and
his
occupations
numerous
.
He
collected
the
rents
of
whole
colonies
of
filthy
streets
and
alleys
by
the
waterside
,
advanced
money
to
the
seamen
and
petty
officers
of
merchant
vessels
,
had
a
share
in
the
ventures
of
divers
mates
of
East
Indiamen
,
smoked
his
smuggled
cigars
under
the
very
nose
of
the
Custom
House
,
and
made
appointments
on
‘
Change
with
men
in
glazed
hats
and
round
jackets
pretty
well
every
day
.
On
the
Surrey
side
of
the
river
was
a
small
rat
-
infested
dreary
yard
called
‘
Quilp
’
s
Wharf
,
’
in
which
were
a
little
wooden
counting
-
house
burrowing
all
awry
in
the
dust
as
if
it
had
fallen
from
the
clouds
and
ploughed
into
the
ground
;
a
few
fragments
of
rusty
anchors
;
several
large
iron
rings
;
some
piles
of
rotten
wood
;
and
two
or
three
heaps
of
old
sheet
copper
,
crumpled
,
cracked
,
and
battered
.
On
Quilp
’
s
Wharf
,
Daniel
Quilp
was
a
ship
-
breaker
,
yet
to
judge
from
these
appearances
he
must
either
have
been
a
ship
-
breaker
on
a
very
small
scale
,
or
have
broken
his
ships
up
very
small
indeed
.
Neither
did
the
place
present
any
extraordinary
aspect
of
life
or
activity
,
as
its
only
human
occupant
was
an
amphibious
boy
in
a
canvas
suit
,
whose
sole
change
of
occupation
was
from
sitting
on
the
head
of
a
pile
and
throwing
stones
into
the
mud
when
the
tide
was
out
,
to
standing
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets
gazing
listlessly
on
the
motion
and
on
the
bustle
of
the
river
at
high
-
water
.
The
dwarf
’
s
lodging
on
Tower
hill
comprised
,
besides
the
needful
accommodation
for
himself
and
Mrs
Quilp
,
a
small
sleeping
-
closet
for
that
lady
’
s
mother
,
who
resided
with
the
couple
and
waged
perpetual
war
with
Daniel
;
of
whom
,
notwithstanding
,
she
stood
in
no
slight
dread
.
Indeed
,
the
ugly
creature
contrived
by
some
means
or
other
—
whether
by
his
ugliness
or
his
ferocity
or
his
natural
cunning
is
no
great
matter
—
to
impress
with
a
wholesome
fear
of
his
anger
,
most
of
those
with
whom
he
was
brought
into
daily
contact
and
communication
.
Over
nobody
had
he
such
complete
ascendance
as
Mrs
Quilp
herself
—
a
pretty
little
,
mild
-
spoken
,
blue
-
eyed
woman
,
who
having
allied
herself
in
wedlock
to
the
dwarf
in
one
of
those
strange
infatuations
of
which
examples
are
by
no
means
scarce
,
performed
a
sound
practical
penance
for
her
folly
,
every
day
of
her
life
.
It
has
been
said
that
Mrs
Quilp
was
pining
in
her
bower
.
In
her
bower
she
was
,
but
not
alone
,
for
besides
the
old
lady
her
mother
of
whom
mention
has
recently
been
made
,
there
were
present
some
half
-
dozen
ladies
of
the
neighborhood
who
had
happened
by
a
strange
accident
(
and
also
by
a
little
understanding
among
themselves
)
to
drop
in
one
after
another
,
just
about
tea
-
time
.
This
being
a
season
favourable
to
conversation
,
and
the
room
being
a
cool
,
shady
,
lazy
kind
of
place
,
with
some
plants
at
the
open
window
shutting
out
the
dust
,
and
interposing
pleasantly
enough
between
the
tea
table
within
and
the
old
Tower
without
,
it
is
no
wonder
that
the
ladies
felt
an
inclination
to
talk
and
linger
,
especially
when
there
are
taken
into
account
the
additional
inducements
of
fresh
butter
,
new
bread
,
shrimps
,
and
watercresses
.
Now
,
the
ladies
being
together
under
these
circumstances
,
it
was
extremely
natural
that
the
discourse
should
turn
upon
the
propensity
of
mankind
to
tyrannize
over
the
weaker
sex
,
and
the
duty
that
developed
upon
the
weaker
sex
to
resist
that
tyranny
and
assert
their
rights
and
dignity
.
It
was
natural
for
four
reasons
:
firstly
,
because
Mrs
Quilp
being
a
young
woman
and
notoriously
under
the
dominion
of
her
husband
ought
to
be
excited
to
rebel
;
secondly
,
because
Mrs
Quilp
’
s
parent
was
known
to
be
laudably
shrewish
in
her
disposition
and
inclined
to
resist
male
authority
;
thirdly
,
because
each
visitor
wished
to
show
for
herself
how
superior
she
was
in
this
respect
to
the
generality
of
her
sex
;
and
fourthly
,
because
the
company
being
accustomed
to
scandalise
each
other
in
pairs
,
were
deprived
of
their
usual
subject
of
conversation
now
that
they
were
all
assembled
in
close
friendship
,
and
had
consequently
no
better
employment
than
to
attack
the
common
enemy
.
