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           IreallyoughttoapologisetoyoubeingonlyJosiahBounderbyofCoketownforhavingstoodinyourlightsolong.’

           ‘Praydon’tnameit,sir,’returnedMrs.Sparsit.‘Ifthatportraitcouldspeak,sirbutithastheadvantageovertheoriginalofnotpossessingthepowerofcommittingitselfanddisgustingothers,itwouldtestify,thatalongperiodhaselapsedsinceIfirsthabituallyaddresseditasthepictureofaNoodle.NothingthataNoodledoes,canawakensurpriseorindignation;theproceedingsofaNoodlecanonlyinspirecontempt.’

           Thussaying,Mrs.Sparsit,withherRomanfeatureslikeamedalstrucktocommemorateherscornofMr.Bounderby,surveyedhimfixedlyfromheadtofoot,sweptdisdainfullypasthim,andascendedthestaircase.Mr.Bounderbyclosedthedoor,andstoodbeforethefire;projectinghimselfafterhisoldexplosivemannerintohisportraitandintofuturity.

           

           Intohowmuchoffuturity?HesawMrs.

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