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           Hewasnotonlyaveryhandsomeoldgentleman—uprightandstalwartashehadbeendescribedtous—withamassivegreyhead,afinecomposureoffacewhensilent,afigurethatmighthavebecomecorpulentbutforhisbeingsocontinuallyinearnestthathegaveitnorest,andachinthatmighthavesubsidedintoadoublechinbutforthevehementemphasisinwhichitwasconstantlyrequiredtoassist;buthewassuchatruegentlemaninhismanner,sochivalrouslypolite,hisfacewaslightedbyasmileofsomuchsweetnessandtenderness,anditseemedsoplainthathehadnothingtohide,butshowedhimselfexactlyashewas—incapable,asRichardsaid,ofanythingonalimitedscale,andfiringawaywiththoseblankgreatgunsbecausehecarriednosmallarmswhatever—thatreallyIcouldnothelplookingathimwithequalpleasureashesatatdinner,whetherhesmilinglyconversedwithAdaandme,orwasledbyMr.Jarndyceintosomegreatvolleyofsuperlatives,orthrewuphisheadlikeabloodhoundandgaveoutthattremendous"Ha,ha,ha!""Youhavebroughtyourbirdwithyou,Isuppose?"saidMr.Jarndyce."Byheaven,heisthemostastonishingbirdinEurope!"repliedtheother."HeISthemostwonderfulcreature!Iwouldn’ttaketenthousandguineasforthatbird.Ihaveleftanannuityforhissolesupportincaseheshouldoutliveme.Heis,insenseandattachment,aphenomenon.Andhisfatherbeforehimwasoneofthemostastonishingbirdsthateverlived!"Thesubjectofthislaudationwasaverylittlecanary,whowassotamethathewasbroughtdownbyMr.

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