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           "Prettywell,Rick,inthatrespect,"saidMr.Jarndyce;"beingsometenyearsolderthanIandacoupleofinchestaller,withhisheadthrownbacklikeanoldsoldier,hisstalwartchestsquared,hishandslikeacleanblacksmith’s,andhislungs!There’snosimileforhislungs.Talking,laughing,orsnoring,theymakethebeamsofthehouseshake."AsMr.JarndycesatenjoyingtheimageofhisfriendBoythorn,weobservedthefavourableomenthattherewasnottheleastindicationofanychangeinthewind."Butit’stheinsideoftheman,thewarmheartoftheman,thepassionoftheman,thefreshbloodoftheman,RickandAda,andlittleCobwebtoo,foryouareallinterestedinavisitorthatIspeakof,"hepursued."Hislanguageisassoundingashisvoice.Heisalwaysinextremes,perpetuallyinthesuperlativedegree.Inhiscondemnationheisallferocity.Youmightsupposehimtobeanogrefromwhathesays,andIbelievehehasthereputationofonewithsomepeople.There!Itellyounomoreofhimbeforehand.Youmustnotbesurprisedtoseehimtakemeunderhisprotection,forhehasneverforgottenthatIwasalowboyatschoolandthatourfriendshipbeganinhisknockingtwoofmyheadtyrant’steethout(hesayssix)beforebreakfast.Boythornandhisman,"tome,"willbeherethisafternoon,mydear."ItookcarethatthenecessarypreparationsweremadeforMr.Boythorn’sreception,andwelookedforwardtohisarrivalwithsomecuriosity.Theafternoonworeaway,however,andhedidnotappear.Thedinner-hourarrived,andstillhedidnotappear.

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