36/52 If I understand any noddle in the world, I understand yours. Do you hear me when I tell you that, my darling? 'Now you may mizzle, jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr.Copperfield will take the chair I'll operate on him.' 'What do you say, Daisy ?' inquired Steerforth, laughing, and resigning his seat. 'Will you be improved ?' 'Thank you, Miss Mowcher, not this evening.' 'Don't say no,' returned the little woman, looking at me with the aspect of a connoisseur; 'a little bit more eyebrow ?' 'Thank you,' I returned, 'some other time.' 'Have it carried half a quarter of an inch towards the temple,' said Miss Mowcher. 'We can do it in a fortnight.' 'No, I thank you. |