Chapter 32

           

           MrsJarley’swrathonfirstlearningthatshehadbeenthreatenedwiththeindignityofStocksandPenance,passedalldescription.ThegenuineandonlyJarleyexposedtopublicscorn,jeeredbychildren,andfloutedbybeadles!ThedelightoftheNobilityandGentryshornofabonnetwhichaLadyMayoressmighthavesighedtowear,andarrayedinawhitesheetasaspectacleofmortificationandhumility!AndMissMonflathers,theaudaciouscreaturewhopresumed,eveninthedimmestandremotestdistanceofherimagination,toconjureupthedegradingpicture,‘Iama’mostinclined,’saidMrsJarley,burstingwiththefulnessofherangerandtheweaknessofhermeansofrevenge,‘toturnatheistwhenIthinkofit!’

           Butinsteadofadoptingthiscourseofretaliation,MrsJarley,onsecondthoughts,broughtoutthesuspiciousbottle,andorderingglassestobesetforthuponherfavouritedrum,andsinkingintoachairbehindit,calledhersatellitesabouther,andtothemseveraltimesrecounted,wordforword,theaffrontsshehadreceived.Thisdone,shebeggedtheminakindofdeepdespairtodrink;thenlaughed,thencried,thentookalittlesipherself,thenlaughedandcriedagain,andtookalittlemore;andso,bydegrees,theworthyladywenton,increasinginsmilesanddecreasingintears,untilatlastshecouldnotlaughenoughatMissMonflathers,who,frombeinganobjectofdirevexation,becameoneofsheerridiculeandabsurdity.

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