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           Bounderbyboreupashedid.Oneidiosyncrasyforwhichsheoftenapologized,shefounditexcessivelydifficulttoconquer.ShehadacuriouspropensitytocallMrs.Bounderby‘MissGradgrind,’andyieldedtoitsomethreeorfourscoretimesinthecourseoftheevening.HerrepetitionofthismistakecoveredMrs.Sparsitwithmodestconfusion;butindeed,shesaid,itseemedsonaturaltosayMissGradgrind:whereas,topersuadeherselfthattheyoungladywhomshehadhadthehappinessofknowingfromachildcouldbereallyandtrulyMrs.Bounderby,shefoundalmostimpossible.Itwasafurthersingularityofthisremarkablecase,thatthemoreshethoughtaboutit,themoreimpossibleitappeared;‘thedifferences,’sheobserved,‘beingsuch.’

           Inthedrawing-roomafterdinner,Mr.Bounderbytriedthecaseoftherobbery,examinedthewitnesses,madenotesoftheevidence,foundthesuspectedpersonsguilty,andsentencedthemtotheextremepunishmentofthelaw.Thatdone,BitzerwasdismissedtotownwithinstructionstorecommendTomtocomehomebythemail-train.

           Whencandleswerebrought,Mrs.Sparsitmurmured,‘Don’tbelow,sir.Prayletmeseeyoucheerful,sir,asIusedtodo.’Mr.Bounderby,uponwhomtheseconsolationshadbeguntoproducetheeffectofmakinghim,inabull-headedblunderingway,sentimental,sighedlikesomelargesea-animal.‘Icannotbeartoseeyouso,sir,’saidMrs.Sparsit.‘Tryahandatbackgammon,sir,asyouusedtodowhenIhadthehonouroflivingunderyourroof.

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