Little Em’ly

           Therewasaservantinthathouse,amanwho,Iunderstood,wasusuallywithSteerforth,andhadcomeintohisserviceattheUniversity,whowasinappearanceapatternofrespectability.Ibelievethereneverexistedinhisstationamorerespectable-lookingman.Hewastaciturn,soft-footed,veryquietinhismanner,deferential,observant,alwaysathandwhenwanted,andnevernearwhennotwanted;buthisgreatclaimtoconsiderationwashisrespectability.Hehadnotapliantface,hehadratherastiffneck,ratheratightsmoothheadwithshorthairclingingtoitatthesides,asoftwayofspeaking,withapeculiarhabitofwhisperingtheletterSsodistinctly,thatheseemedtouseitoftenerthananyotherman;buteverypeculiaritythathehadhemaderespectable.Ifhisnosehadbeenupside-down,hewouldhavemadethatrespectable.Hesurroundedhimselfwithanatmosphereofrespectability,andwalkedsecureinit.Itwouldhavebeennexttoimpossibletosuspecthimofanythingwrong,hewassothoroughlyrespectable.Nobodycouldhavethoughtofputtinghiminalivery,hewassohighlyrespectable.Tohaveimposedanyderogatoryworkuponhim,wouldhavebeentoinflictawantoninsultonthefeelingsofamostrespectableman.Andofthis,Inoticed-thewomen-servantsinthehouseholdweresointuitivelyconscious,thattheyalwaysdidsuchworkthemselves,andgenerallywhilehereadthepaperbythepantryfire.

           Suchaself-containedmanIneversaw.

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