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Esther’s Narrative

           Badger,"speakinginhisfigurativenavalmanner,thatwhenyoumakepitchhot,youcannotmakeittoohot;andthatifyouonlyhavetoswabaplank,youshouldswabitasifDavyJoneswereafteryou.Itappearstomethatthismaximisapplicabletothemedicalaswellastothenauticalprofession."Toallprofessions,"observedMr.Badger."ItwasadmirablysaidbyCaptainSwosser.Beautifullysaid.""PeopleobjectedtoProfessorDingowhenwewerestayinginthenorthofDevonafterourmarriage,"saidMrs.Badger,"thathedisfiguredsomeofthehousesandotherbuildingsbychippingofffragmentsofthoseedificeswithhislittlegeologicalhammer.ButtheprofessorrepliedthatheknewofnobuildingsavetheTempleofScience.Theprincipleisthesame,Ithink?""Preciselythesame,"saidMr.Badger."Finelyexpressed!Theprofessormadethesameremark,MissSummerson,inhislastillness,when(hismindwandering)heinsistedonkeepinghislittlehammerunderthepillowandchippingatthecountenancesoftheattendants.Therulingpassion!"AlthoughwecouldhavedispensedwiththelengthatwhichMr.andMrs.Badgerpursuedtheconversation,webothfeltthatitwasdisinterestedinthemtoexpresstheopiniontheyhadcommunicatedtousandthattherewasagreatprobabilityofitsbeingsound.WeagreedtosaynothingtoMr.JarndyceuntilwehadspokentoRichard;andashewascomingnextevening,weresolvedtohaveaveryserioustalkwithhim.

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