? ? ? ? 'Mr. Dick,' said my aunt, 'what shall I do with this child?'
? ? ? ? Mr. Dick considered, hesitated, brightened, and rejoined, 'Have him measured for a suit of clothes directly.'
? ? ? ? 'Mr. Dick,' said my aunt triumphantly, 'give me your hand, for your common sense is invaluable.' Having shaken it with great cordiality, she pulled me towards her and said to Mr. Murdstone:
? ? ? ? 'You can go when you like; I'll take my chance with the boy. If he's all you say he is, at least I can do as much for him then, as you have done. But I don't believe a word of it.'
? ? ? ? 'Miss Trotwood,' rejoined Mr. Murdstone, shrugging his shoulders, as he rose, 'if you were a gentleman -'
? ? ? ? 'Bah! Stuff and nonsense!' said my aunt. 'Don't talk to me!'
? ? ? ? 'How exquisitely polite!' exclaimed Miss Murdstone, rising. 'Overpowering, really!'
? ? ? ? 'Do you think I don't know,' said my aunt, turning a deaf ear to the sister, and continuing to address the brother, and to shake her head at him with infinite expression, 'what kind of life you must have led that poor, unhappy, misdirected baby? Do you think I don't know what a woeful day it was for the soft little creature when you first came in her way - smirking and making great eyes at her, I'll be bound, as if you couldn't say boh! to a goose!'
? ? ? ? 'I never heard anything so elegant!' said Miss Murdstone.
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