6/19 She has come out of the disadvantages of our miserable life, as much better than I am, as that Cathedral tower is higher than those chimneys.' Mr.Crisparkle in his own breast was not so sure of this. This has made me secret and revengeful. I have been always tyrannically held down by the strong hand. This has driven me, in my weakness, to the resource of being false and mean. I have been stinted of education, liberty, money, dress, the very necessaries of life, the commonest pleasures of childhood, the commonest possessions of youth. |