[Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookLife And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit CHAPTER NINE 20/56
'Did you-- ?' 'Come off the grass!' repeated the gentleman, warmly. 'We are unwilling to intrude, sir,' Mr Pecksniff smilingly began. 'But you ARE intruding,' returned the other, 'unwarrantably intruding. Trespassing.
You see a gravel walk, don't you? What do you think it's meant for? Open the gate there! Show that party out!' With that he clapped down the window again, and disappeared. Mr Pecksniff put on his hat, and walked with great deliberation and in profound silence to the fly, gazing at the clouds as he went, with great interest.
After helping his daughters and Mrs Todgers into that conveyance, he stood looking at it for some moments, as if he were not quite certain whether it was a carriage or a temple; but having settled this point in his mind, he got into his place, spread his hands out on his knees, and smiled upon the three beholders. But his daughters, less tranquil-minded, burst into a torrent of indignation.
This came, they said, of cherishing such creatures as the Pinches.
This came of lowering themselves to their level.
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