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Chapter 24. The Evening of a Long Day

           

           ‘Edmund,’saidMrsSparkler,‘open(now,verycarefully,Ibegandbeseech,foryouaresoveryawkward)themotherofpearlboxonmylittletablethere,andgiveMrMerdlethemotherofpearlpenknife.’

           ‘Thankyou,’saidMrMerdle;‘butifyouhavegotonewithadarkerhandle,IthinkIshouldpreferonewithadarkerhandle.’

           ‘Tortoise-shell?’

           ‘Thankyou,’saidMrMerdle;‘yes.IthinkIshouldprefertortoise-shell.’

           Edmundaccordinglyreceivedinstructionstoopenthetortoise-shellbox,andgiveMrMerdlethetortoise-shellknife.Onhisdoingso,hiswifesaidtothemaster-spiritgraciously:

           ‘Iwillforgiveyou,ifyouinkit.’

           ‘I’llundertakenottoinkit,’saidMrMerdle.

           Theillustriousvisitorthenputouthiscoat-cuff,andforamomententombedMrsSparkler’shand:wrist,bracelet,andall.Wherehisownhandhadshrunkto,wasnotmademanifest,butitwasasremotefromMrsSparkler’ssenseoftouchasifhehadbeenahighlymeritoriousChelseaVeteranorGreenwichPensioner.

           Thoroughlyconvinced,ashewentoutoftheroom,thatitwasthelongestdaythateverdidcometoanendatlast,andthatthereneverwasawoman,notwhollydevoidofpersonalattractions,sowornoutbyidioticandlumpishpeople,Fannypassedintothebalconyforabreathofair.Watersofvexationfilledhereyes;andtheyhadtheeffectofmakingthefamousMrMerdle,ingoingdownthestreet,appeartoleap,andwaltz,andgyrate,asifhewerepossessedofseveralDevils.

           

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