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Mrs. Sparsit

           

           ‘Icertainly,sir,’returnedMrs.Sparsit,withadignityserenelymournful,‘wasfamiliarwiththeItalianOperaataveryearlyage.’

           ‘Egad,ma’am,sowasI,’saidBounderby,withthewrongsideofit.AhardbedthepavementofitsArcadeusedtomake,Iassureyou.Peoplelikeyou,ma’am,accustomedfrominfancytolieonDownfeathers,havenoideahowhardapaving-stoneis,withouttryingit.No,no,it’sofnousemytalkingtoyouabouttumblers.Ishouldspeakofforeigndancers,andtheWestEndofLondon,andMayFair,andlordsandladiesandhonourables.’

           ‘Itrust,sir,’rejoinedMrs.Sparsit,withdecentresignation,‘itisnotnecessarythatyoushoulddoanythingofthatkind.IhopeIhavelearnthowtoaccommodatemyselftothechangesoflife.IfIhaveacquiredaninterestinhearingofyourinstructiveexperiences,andcanscarcelyhearenoughofthem,Iclaimnomeritforthat,sinceIbelieveitisageneralsentiment.’

           ‘Well,ma’am,’saidherpatron,‘perhapssomepeoplemaybepleasedtosaythattheydoliketohear,inhisownunpolishedway,whatJosiahBounderby,ofCoketown,hasgonethrough.Butyoumustconfessthatyouwereborninthelapofluxury,yourself.Come,ma’am,youknowyouwereborninthelapofluxury.’

           ‘Idonot,sir,’returnedMrs.Sparsitwithashakeofherhead,‘denyit.’

           Mr.Bounderbywasobligedtogetupfromtable,andstandwithhisbacktothefire,lookingather;shewassuchanenhancementofhisposition.

           ‘Andyouwereincracksociety.

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