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1、Mrs. Jellyby, said Mr. Kenge, standing with his back to the fireand casting his eyes over the dusty hearth-rug as if it were Mrs.Jellybys biography, is a lady of very remarkable strength ofcharacter who devotes herself entirely to the public. She hasdevoted herself to an extensive variety of public

2、subjects atvarious times and is at present （until something else attracts her）devoted to the subject of Africa, with a view to the generalcultivation of the coffee berry-AND the natives-and the happysettlement, on the banks of the African rivers, of oursuperabundant home population. Mr. Jarndyce, wh

3、o is desirous toaid any work that is considered likely to be a good work and who ismuch sought after by philanthropists, has, I believe, a very highopinion of Mrs. Jellyby.Mr. Kenge, adjusting his cravat, then looked at us.And Mr. Jellyby, sir? suggested Richard.Ah! Mr. Jellyby, said Mr. Kenge, is-a

4、-I dont know that I candescribe him to you better than by saying that he is the husband ofMrs. Jellyby.A nonentity, sir? said Richard with a droll look.I dont say that, returned Mr. Kenge gravely. I cant say that,indeed, for I know nothing whatever OF Mr. Jellyby. I never, to myknowledge, had the pl

5、easure of seeing Mr. Jellyby. He may be avery superior man, but he is, so to speak, merged-merged-in themore shining qualities of his wife. Mr. Kenge proceeded to tellus that as the road to Bleak House would have been very long, dark,and tedious on such an evening, and as we had been travellingalrea

6、dy, Mr. Jarndyce had himself proposed this arrangement. Acarriage would be at Mrs. Jellybys to convey us out of town earlyin the forenoon of to-morrow.He then rang a little bell, and the young gentleman came in.Addressing him by the name of Guppy, Mr. Kenge inquired whetherMiss Summersons boxes and

7、the rest of the baggage had been sentround. Mr. Guppy said yes, they had been sent round, and a coachwas waiting to take us round too as soon as we pleased.Then it only remains, said Mr. Kenge, shaking hands with us, forme to express my lively satisfaction in （good day, Miss Clare!） thearrangement t

8、his day concluded and my （GOOD-bye to you, MissSummerson!） lively hope that it will conduce to the happiness, the（glad to have had the honour of making your acquaintance, Mr.Carstone!） welfare, the advantage in all points of view, of allconcerned! Guppy, see the party safely there.Where IS there, Mr

9、. Guppy? said Richard as we went downstairs.No distance, said Mr. Guppy; round in Thavies Inn, you know.t say I know where it is, for I come from Winchester and amstrange in London.Only round the corner, said Mr. Guppy. We just twist upChancery Lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in fourmi

10、nutes time, as near as a toucher. This is about a Londonparticular NOW, aint it, miss? He seemed quite delighted with iton my account.The fog is very dense indeed! said I.Not that it affects you, though, Im sure, said Mr. Guppy,putting up the steps. On the contrary, it seems to do you good,miss, jud

11、ging from your appearance.I knew he meant well in paying me this compliment, so I laughed atmyself for blushing at it when he had shut the door and got uponthe box; and we all three laughed and chatted about ourinexperience and the strangeness of London until we turned up underan archway to our dest

12、ination-a narrow street of high houses likean oblong cistern to hold the fog. There was a confused littlecrowd of people, principally children, gathered about the house atwhich we stopped, which had a tarnished brass plate on the doorwith the inscription JELLYBY.Dont be frightened! said Mr. Guppy, l

13、ooking in at the coach-window. One of the young Jellybys been and got his head throughthe area railings!Oh, poor child, said I;let me out, if you please!Pray be careful of yourself, miss. The young Jellybys are alwaysup to something, said Mr. Guppy.I made my way to the poor child, who was one of the

14、 dirtiest littleunfortunates I ever saw, and found him very hot and frightened andcrying loudly, fixed by the neck between two iron railings, while amilkman and a beadle, with the kindest intentions possible, wereendeavouring to drag him back by the legs, under a generalimpression that his skull was

15、 compressible by those means. As Ifound （after pacifying him） that he was a little boy with anaturally large head, I thought that perhaps where his head couldgo, his body could follow, and mentioned that the best mode ofextrication might be to push him forward. This was so favourablyreceived by the

16、milkman and beadle that he would immediately havebeen pushed into the area if I had not held his pinafore whileRichard and Mr. Guppy ran down through the kitchen to catch himwhen he should be released. At last he was happily got downwithout any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with ahoo

17、p-stick in quite a frantic manner.Nobody had appeared belonging to the house except a person inpattens, who had been poking at the child from below with a broom;t know with what object, and I dont think she did. Itherefore supposed that Mrs. Jellyby was not at home, and was quitesurprised when the p

18、erson appeared in the passage without thepattens, and going up to the back room on the first floor beforeAda and me, announced us as, Them two young ladies, MissisJellyby! We passed several more children on the way up, whom itwas difficult to avoid treading on in the dark; and as we came intoMrs. Je

19、llybys presence, one of the poor little things felldownstairs-down a whole flight （as it sounded to me）, with a greatnoise.Mrs. Jellyby, whose face reflected none of the uneasiness which wecould not help showing in our own faces as the dear childs headrecorded its passage with a bump on every stair-

20、Richard afterwardssaid he counted seven, besides one for the landing-received uswith perfect equanimity. She was a pretty, very diminutive, plumpwoman of from forty to fifty, with handsome eyes, though they had acurious habit of seeming to look a long way off. As if-I amquoting Richard again-they co

21、uld see nothing nearer than Africa!I am very glad indeed, said Mrs. Jellyby in an agreeable voice,to have the pleasure of receiving you. I have a great respect forMr. Jarndyce, and no one in whom he is interested can be an objectof indifference to me.We expressed our acknowledgments and sat down beh

22、ind the door,where there was a lame invalid of a sofa. Mrs. Jellyby had verygood hair but was too much occupied with her African duties tobrush it. The shawl in which she had been loosely muffled droppedonto her chair when she advanced to us; and as she turned to resumeher seat, we could not help no

23、ticing that her dress didnt nearlymeet up the back and that the open space was railed across with alattice-work of stay-lace-like a summer-house.The room, which was strewn with papers and nearly filled by a greatwriting-table covered with similar litter, was, I must say, notonly very untidy but very

24、 dirty. We were obliged to take notice ofthat with our sense of sight, even while, with our sense ofhearing, we followed the poor child who had tumbled downstairs: Ithink into the back kitchen, where somebody seemed to stifle him.But what principally struck us was a jaded and unhealthy-lookingthough

25、 by no means plain girl at the writing-table, who sat bitingthe feather of her pen and staring at us. I suppose nobody everwas in such a state of ink. And from her tumbled hair to herpretty feet, which were disfigured with frayed and broken satinslippers trodden down at heel, she really seemed to ha

26、ve no articleof dress upon her, from a pin upwards, that was in its propercondition or its right place.You find me, my dears, said Mrs. Jellyby, snuffing the two greatoffice candles in tin candlesticks, which made the room tastestrongly of hot tallow （the fire had gone out, and there wasnothing in t

27、he grate but ashes, a bundle of wood, and a poker）,you find me, my dears, as usual, very busy; but that you willexcuse. The African project at present employs my whole time. Itinvolves me in correspondence with public bodies and with privateindividuals anxious for the welfare of their species all ov

28、er thecountry. I am happy to say it is advancing. We hope by this timenext year to have from a hundred and fifty to two hundred healthyfamilies cultivating coffee and educating the natives ofBorrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger.As Ada said nothing, but looked at me, I said it must be veryg

29、ratifying.It IS gratifying, said Mrs. Jellyby. It involves the devotionof all my energies, such as they are; but that is nothing, so thatit succeeds; and I am more confident of success every day. Do youknow, Miss Summerson, I almost wonder that YOU never turned yourthoughts to Africa.This applicatio

30、n of the subject was really so unexpected to me thatI was quite at a loss how to receive it. I hinted that theclimate-The finest climate in the world! said Mrs. Jellyby.Indeed, maam?Certainly. With precaution,You may go intoHolborn, without precaution, and be run over. You may go intoHolborn, with p

31、recaution, and never be run over. Just so withAfrica.I said, No doubt. I meant as to Holborn.If you would like, said Mrs. Jellyby, putting a number of paperstowards us, to look over some remarks on that head, and on thegeneral subject, which have been extensively circulated, while Ifinish a letter I am now dictating to my eldest daughter, who is myamanuensis-The gir