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           IamJosiahBounderbyofCoketown.Iknowthebricksofthistown,andIknowtheworksofthistown,andIknowthechimneysofthistown,andIknowthesmokeofthistown,andIknowtheHandsofthistown.Iknow’emallprettywell.They’rereal.Whenamantellsmeanythingaboutimaginativequalities,Ialwaystellthatman,whoeverheis,thatIknowwhathemeans.Hemeansturtlesoupandvenison,withagoldspoon,andthathewantstobesetupwithacoachandsix.That’swhatyourdaughterwants.Sinceyouareofopinionthatsheoughttohavewhatshewants,Irecommendyoutoprovideitforher.Because,TomGradgrind,shewillneverhaveitfromme.’

           ‘Bounderby,’saidMr.Gradgrind,‘Ihoped,aftermyentreaty,youwouldhavetakenadifferenttone.’

           ‘Justwaitabit,’retortedBounderby;‘youhavesaidyoursay,Ibelieve.Iheardyouout;hearmeout,ifyouplease.Don’tmakeyourselfaspectacleofunfairnessaswellasinconsistency,because,althoughIamsorrytoseeTomGradgrindreducedtohispresentposition,Ishouldbedoublysorrytoseehimbroughtsolowasthat.Now,there’sanincompatibilityofsomesortoranother,Iamgiventounderstandbyyou,betweenyourdaughterandme.I’llgiveyoutounderstand,inreplytothat,thatthereunquestionablyisanincompatibilityofthefirstmagnitudetobesummedupinthisthatyourdaughterdon’tproperlyknowherhusband’smerits,andisnotimpressedwithsuchasenseaswouldbecomeher,byGeorge!ofthehonourofhisalliance.

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