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Mr. James Harthouse

           Shewassoconstrained,andyetsocareless;soreserved,andyetsowatchful;socoldandproud,andyetsosensitivelyashamedofherhusband’sbraggarthumilityfromwhichsheshrunkasifeveryexampleofitwereacutorablow;thatitwasquiteanewsensationtoobserveher.Infaceshewasnolessremarkablethaninmanner.Herfeatureswerehandsome;buttheirnaturalplaywassolockedup,thatitseemedimpossibletoguessattheirgenuineexpression.Utterlyindifferent,perfectlyself-reliant,neverataloss,andyetneveratherease,withherfigureincompanywiththemthere,andhermindapparentlyquitealoneitwasofnouse‘goingin’yetawhiletocomprehendthisgirl,forshebaffledallpenetration.

           Fromthemistressofthehouse,thevisitorglancedtothehouseitself.Therewasnomutesignofawomanintheroom.Nogracefullittleadornment,nofancifullittledevice,howevertrivial,anywhereexpressedherinfluence.Cheerlessandcomfortless,boastfullyanddoggedlyrich,theretheroomstaredatitspresentoccupants,unsoftenedandunrelievedbytheleasttraceofanywomanlyoccupation.AsMr.Bounderbystoodinthemidstofhishouseholdgods,sothoseunrelentingdivinitiesoccupiedtheirplacesaroundMr.Bounderby,andtheywereworthyofoneanother,andwellmatched.

           ‘This,sir,’saidBounderby,‘ismywife,Mrs.Bounderby:TomGradgrind’seldestdaughter.Loo,Mr.JamesHarthouse.Mr.Harthousehasjoinedyourfather’smuster-roll.

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