Hearing the Last of it

           

           Mrs.Sparsit,lyingbytorecoverthetoneofhernervesinMr.Bounderby’sretreat,keptsuchasharplook-out,nightandday,underherCoriolanianeyebrows,thathereyes,likeacoupleoflighthousesonaniron-boundcoast,mighthavewarnedallprudentmarinersfromthatboldrockherRomannoseandthedarkandcraggyregioninitsneighbourhood,butfortheplacidityofhermanner.Althoughitwashardtobelievethatherretiringforthenightcouldbeanythingbutaform,soseverelywideawakewerethoseclassicaleyesofhers,andsoimpossiblediditseemthatherrigidnosecouldyieldtoanyrelaxinginfluence,yethermannerofsitting,smoothingheruncomfortable,nottosay,grittymittens(theywereconstructedofacoolfabriclikeameat-safe),orofamblingtounknownplacesofdestinationwithherfootinhercottonstirrup,wassoperfectlyserene,thatmostobserverswouldhavebeenconstrainedtosupposeheradove,embodiedbysomefreakofnature,intheearthlytabernacleofabirdofthehook-beakedorder.

           Shewasamostwonderfulwomanforprowlingaboutthehouse.Howshegotfromstorytostorywasamysterybeyondsolution.Aladysodecorousinherself,andsohighlyconnected,wasnottobesuspectedofdroppingoverthebanistersorslidingdownthem,yetherextraordinaryfacilityoflocomotionsuggestedthewildidea.AnothernoticeablecircumstanceinMrs.Sparsitwas,thatshewasneverhurried.

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