Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-12-13
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ES E.FgA & Ha % u SsE1.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.
PART EENE.s
CHAPTER xxx.
THE YOUNG MAN.
CHAPTER xxx,

! THE YOUNG MAN.
you have been strangely importunate lit
should appear, after all, that what you have to
say does not concern me-and don't see how it
can, and don't expect that it will-you will allow
me to cut you short with but little ceremony Say
/ what you have to say, if you please
My Lady, with careless toss of her screen,
turus herself towards the fire again, sitting almost
with her back to the young man of the name of
Guppy.
with your ladyshps permission, them says
the young man, i will now enter my business.
! Hem | am, as | told your ladyshp in my first
letter, in the law. Being in the law, have
learnt the habit Of not committing myself in writ
ing, and therefore did not mention TO your LADY,
ship the name of the firm with which | am con-
nected, and n which my standng-and / may
add income-s tolerably good. may now state
to your adyship, in confidence, that the name of
that firm is Kenge and Carboy, of Lincon's Inn;
| which may not be altogether unknown TO your
ladyshp IN connection with the case in Chancery
| Of Jarndyce and Jarndyee,
My Lady's figure begins to be expressive of
some attention. She has ceased to toss the screen,
and holds it as if she were listening.
/ Now, / may say to your ladyship at once,'
| SAYS. MIR GuppY, a little eniboldened, sit is no
matter arising out Of Jarndyoe and Jarndyce that
made me SO desirous to speak to your ladyship,
| which conduct | have no doubt did appear, and
does appear, obtrusivein fact, almost black
gpardIy.' After waiting for moment to receive
some assurance to the contrary, and not receiving
any, Mr. Guppy proceeds. 'lfit had been Jarn-
| dyce and Jarndyce. | should have gone 10 your
ladyship's solicitor. Mr. 'Fulkinghorn of The Fields
! have The pleasure OF being acquainted with Mr.
1'alkinghorn-at least we move when we meet
one another-and if it bad been any business of
that sort, should have gone to him..
My Lady turns little round, aud says 'You
! had better sit down.
THANK your ladyship,' Mr. Guppy does So.
Nov, your ladyship;' Mr. Guppy refers to a little
slip Of paper on which he has made small notes
OF his line of argument, and which seems TO in
volve him in the densest obscurity whenever he
looks at il; 10 yes!-I place myself entirely
in your lady ships hands. If your ladyship was
| to make any complaint to Kenge and Carboy, or
! to Mr. Tukinghorn, Of the present visit, should
be placed in very disagreeble situation. That,
openly admit. Consequently, | rely upon your
adyship's honor.'
Ny Lady, with disdainful gesture of the hand
that holds the screen, assures him of bis being
worth no complain. from her
THANK your adyship, says Mr. Guppy, quite
satisfactory. 'Now-I-dash 1.-THE fact is,
that put down head or two here of the order
| Of the points thought of touching upon, and
they re written short and | can't quite make cut
! what they mean If your ladyshp will excuse
me taking 1t TO the window half moment, IL
Mr. Guppy going to the window tumbles into a
pair Of love birds, to whom he says in his conf1-
sion i beg your pardon, am sure This does
not tend to the greater legbility of his notes. He
nurmurs, growing warm and red, and holding the
slip Of paper close to his eyes, now long
way off c. 5. WHATS c. s. for? OLE ST
| Q, know! Yes, to be sure' And comes back
enlightened.
4 am not aware, says MIR Guppy, standing
hptMaan nv nd he choir e,botbor
your ladyship every happened to hear Of or to
see, young lady of the name Of Miss Esther
Summerson.'
My Lady's eyes look at him full. Il saw
young lady of that name not long ago. This past
autumn
Now, did ii strike your ladyshp that she was
like anybody2' asks Mr. Guppy, crossing his
arms, holding his head on one side. and scratch
ing the corner of his mouth with his memoranda.
| My Lady removes her eyes from him no more.
mo-
Not like your Iadyship's family
! NO
Il think your ladyship,' says Mr. Guppy, scan
! hardly remember Miss Summersons face?'
4 remember the young lady very well. What
has this to do with me
your adyship, do assure you, that having
Miss Summerson's image imprinted on my art
which mention in confidence found, when [
| sion of Chesney Wold, while on short out in
the country Of Lincolnshire with friend, such a
resemblance between Miss Esther Summerson
| and yonr ladyship's portrait, that it complete
! ly knocked me over; so much so, that didn't at
| the moment even know what it eeaS that knocked
me over. And now have the honor of behold
| ing your Iadyship near q have often, since that,
taken the liberty Of looking at your adyship in
your carriage in the park, when / dare say you
| ~ of + lad
| ship SO near), it's really more surprising than l
| thought it,
Young man Of the name Of Gnppy There
have been times, when ladies lived 10 sronghods,
| and had INSCRIPTIONS attendants within call,
when that poor life of yours would not have been
worth minutes purchase, with those beautiful
eyes looking at you as they look at this moment.
| My Lady, slowly using her little hand screen
/ as fan, asks him again, what he supposes that
his taste for likenesses has to do with her?
'Your ladyship, replies Mr. Guppy, again re-
! ferrng to his paper, Il am to come to that Dash
those notes. o! sMrs Chadband.' Yes.' Mr.
| Guppy draws his chair little forward, and seats
himself again. My Lady reclines in her chair
composedy though with trifie less of graceful
than usual, perhaps; and never falters in her
steady gaze. 'A-stop minute, thought Mr.
Guppy refers again. e. S. twicea o yes! yes,
l see my way now, right en-
Rolling up the slip of paper an instrument to
point his speech WITH Mr. Guppy proceedss
sYour ladys ship, there is mystery about Miss
Esther Summerson's birth aud bringing up. lam
informed Of that fact because which mention
in confidence know it, the way of my~pro-
| fesson at Kenge aud Carboy's Now, as | have
already mentioned to your adyship, Miss Sum-
merson's image is imprinted my art. If l
could clear this mystery for her, prove her to
be well related, find that having the honor TO
be a remote branch Of Your ladyshps family she
had right to be made party in Jarndyce and
Jarndyce, why, l might make sort Of a claim
upon Miss Suamerson to look with eye of
more decided favor on my proposals than she has
exactly done as yet In fact, as yet she hasn't
! favored them at all
A kind Of angry smile just dawns upon my
Lady face.
sNow, it's very singular circumstances, your
ladyshp, says Mr. Guppy, though one Of those
circumstances that do fall in the way Of us pro-
profe ssloual men-which l may call myself, for