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’
This
undeveloped
was
the
possibility
,
which
Richard
Swiveller
sought
to
conceal
even
from
himself
,
of
his
not
being
proof
against
the
charms
of
Miss
Wackles
,
and
in
some
unguarded
moment
,
by
linking
his
fortunes
to
hers
forever
,
of
putting
it
out
of
his
own
power
to
further
their
notable
scheme
to
which
he
had
so
readily
become
a
party
.
For
all
these
reasons
,
he
decided
to
pick
a
quarrel
with
Miss
Wackles
without
delay
,
and
casting
about
for
a
pretext
determined
in
favour
of
groundless
jealousy
.
Having
made
up
his
mind
on
this
important
point
,
he
circulated
the
glass
(
from
his
right
hand
to
left
,
and
back
again
)
pretty
freely
,
to
enable
him
to
act
his
part
with
the
greater
discretion
,
and
then
,
after
making
some
slight
improvements
in
his
toilet
,
bent
his
steps
towards
the
spot
hallowed
by
the
fair
object
of
his
meditations
.
The
spot
was
at
Chelsea
,
for
there
Miss
Sophia
Wackles
resided
with
her
widowed
mother
and
two
sisters
,
in
conjunction
with
whom
she
maintained
a
very
small
day
-
school
for
young
ladies
of
proportionate
dimensions
;
a
circumstance
which
was
made
known
to
the
neighbourhood
by
an
oval
board
over
the
front
first
-
floor
windows
,
whereupon
appeared
in
circumambient
flourishes
the
words
‘
Ladies
’
Seminary
’
;
and
which
was
further
published
and
proclaimed
at
intervals
between
the
hours
of
half
-
past
nine
and
ten
in
the
morning
,
by
a
straggling
and
solitary
young
lady
of
tender
years
standing
on
the
scraper
on
the
tips
of
her
toes
and
making
futile
attempts
to
reach
the
knocker
with
a
spelling
-
book
.
The
several
duties
of
instruction
in
this
establishment
were
thus
discharged
.
English
grammar
,
composition
,
geography
,
and
the
use
of
the
dumb
-
bells
,
by
Miss
Melissa
Wackles
;
writing
,
arithmetic
,
dancing
,
music
,
and
general
fascination
,
by
Miss
Sophia
Wackles
;
the
art
of
needle
-
work
,
marking
,
and
samplery
,
by
Miss
Jane
Wackles
;
corporal
punishment
,
fasting
,
and
other
tortures
and
terrors
,
by
Mrs
Wackles
.
Miss
Melissa
Wackles
was
the
eldest
daughter
,
Miss
Sophy
the
next
,
and
Miss
Jane
the
youngest
.
Miss
Melissa
might
have
seen
five
-
and
-
thirty
summers
or
thereabouts
,
and
verged
on
the
autumnal
;
Miss
Sophy
was
a
fresh
,
good
humoured
,
buxom
girl
of
twenty
;
and
Miss
Jane
numbered
scarcely
sixteen
years
.
Mrs
Wackles
was
an
excellent
but
rather
venomous
old
lady
of
three
-
score
.
To
this
Ladies
’
Seminary
,
then
,
Richard
Swiveller
hied
,
with
designs
obnoxious
to
the
peace
of
the
fair
Sophia
,
who
,
arrayed
in
virgin
white
,
embellished
by
no
ornament
but
one
blushing
rose
,
received
him
on
his
arrival
,
in
the
midst
of
very
elegant
not
to
say
brilliant
preparations
;
such
as
the
embellishment
of
the
room
with
the
little
flower
-
pots
which
always
stood
on
the
window
-
sill
outside
,
save
in
windy
weather
when
they
blew
into
the
area
;
the
choice
attire
of
the
day
-
scholars
who
were
allowed
to
grace
the
festival
;
the
unwonted
curls
of
Miss
Jane
Wackles
who
had
kept
her
head
during
the
whole
of
the
preceding
day
screwed
up
tight
in
a
yellow
play
-
bill
;
and
the
solemn
gentility
and
stately
bearing
of
the
old
lady
and
her
eldest
daughter
,
which
struck
Mr
Swiveller
as
being
uncommon
but
made
no
further
impression
upon
him
.
The
truth
is
—
and
,
as
there
is
no
accounting
for
tastes
,
even
a
taste
so
strange
as
this
may
be
recorded
without
being
looked
upon
as
a
wilful
and
malicious
invention
—
the
truth
is
that
neither
Mrs
Wackles
nor
her
eldest
daughter
had
at
any
time
greatly
favoured
the
pretensions
of
Mr
Swiveller
,
being
accustomed
to
make
slight
mention
of
him
as
‘
a
gay
young
man
’
and
to
sigh
and
shake
their
heads
ominously
whenever
his
name
was
mentioned
.
Mr
Swiveller
’
s
conduct
in
respect
to
Miss
Sophy
having
been
of
that
vague
and
dilatory
kind
which
is
usually
looked
upon
as
betokening
no
fixed
matrimonial
intentions
,
the
young
lady
herself
began
in
course
of
time
to
deem
it
highly
desirable
,
that
it
should
be
brought
to
an
issue
one
way
or
other
.
Hence
she
had
at
last
consented
to
play
off
against
Richard
Swiveller
a
stricken
market
-
gardner
known
to
be
ready
with
his
offer
on
the
smallest
encouragement
,
and
hence
—
as
this
occasion
had
been
specially
assigned
for
the
purpose
—
that
great
anxiety
on
her
part
for
Richard
Swiveller
’
s
presence
which
had
occasioned
her
to
leave
the
note
he
has
been
seen
to
receive
.
‘
If
he
has
any
expectations
at
all
or
any
means
of
keeping
a
wife
well
,
’
said
Mrs
Wackles
to
her
eldest
daughter
,
‘
he
’
ll
state
‘
em
to
us
now
or
never
.
’
—
‘
If
he
really
cares
about
me
,
’
thought
Miss
Sophy
,
‘
he
must
tell
me
so
,
to
-
night
.
’
But
all
these
sayings
and
doings
and
thinkings
being
unknown
to
Mr
Swiveller
,
affected
him
not
in
the
least
;
he
was
debating
in
his
mind
how
he
could
best
turn
jealous
,
and
wishing
that
Sophy
were
for
that
occasion
only
far
less
pretty
than
she
was
,
or
that
she
were
her
own
sister
,
which
would
have
served
his
turn
as
well
,
when
the
company
came
,
and
among
them
the
market
-
gardener
,
whose
name
was
Cheggs
.
But
Mr
Cheggs
came
not
alone
or
unsupported
,
for
he
prudently
brought
along
with
him
his
sister
,
Miss
Cheggs
,
who
making
straight
to
Miss
Sophy
and
taking
her
by
both
hands
,
and
kissing
her
on
both
cheeks
,
hoped
in
an
audible
whisper
that
they
had
not
come
too
early
.
‘
Too
early
,
no
!
’
replied
Miss
Sophy
.
‘
Oh
,
my
dear
,
’
rejoined
Miss
Cheggs
in
the
same
whisper
as
before
,
‘
I
’
ve
been
so
tormented
,
so
worried
,
that
it
’
s
a
mercy
we
were
not
here
at
four
o
’
clock
in
the
afternoon
.
Alick
has
been
in
such
a
state
of
impatience
to
come
!
You
’
d
hardly
believe
that
he
was
dressed
before
dinner
-
time
and
has
been
looking
at
the
clock
and
teasing
me
ever
since
.
It
’
s
all
your
fault
,
you
naughty
thing
.
’
