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Chapter 17 A Dismal Swamp
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And now, in the blooming summer days, behold1 Mr and Mrs Boffin established in the eminently2 aristocratic family mansion3, and behold all manner of crawling, creeping, fluttering, and buzzing creatures, attracted by the gold dust of the Golden Dustman!
Foremost among those leaving cards at the eminently aristocratic door before it is quite painted, are the Veneerings: out of breath, one might imagine, from the impetuosity of their rush to the eminently aristocratic steps. One copper-plate Mrs Veneering, two copper-plate Mr Veneerings, and a connubial4 copper-plate Mr and Mrs Veneering, requesting the honour of Mr and Mrs Boffin’s company at dinner with the utmost Analytical5 solemnities. The enchanting6 Lady Tippins leaves a card. Twemlow leaves cards. A tall custard-coloured phaeton tooling up in a solemn manner leaves four cards, to wit, a couple of Mr Podsnaps, a Mrs Podsnap, and a Miss Podsnap. All the world and his wife and daughter leave cards. Sometimes the world’s wife has so many daughters, that her card reads rather like a Miscellaneous Lot at an Auction7; comprising Mrs Tapkins, Miss Tapkins, Miss Frederica Tapkins, Miss Antonina Tapkins, Miss Malvina Tapkins, and Miss Euphemia Tapkins; at the same time, the same lady leaves the card of Mrs Henry George Alfred Swoshle, NEE Tapkins; also, a card, Mrs Tapkins at Home, Wednesdays, Music, Portland Place.
Miss Bella Wilfer becomes an inmate8, for an indefinite period, of the eminently aristocratic dwelling9. Mrs Boffin bears Miss Bella away to her Milliner’s and Dressmaker’s, and she gets beautifully dressed. The Veneerings find with swift
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7 auction | |
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17 salmon | |
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19 admiration | |
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21 akin | |
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24 corruption | |
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28 stewards | |
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33 favourable | |
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37 kindly | |
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42 utterly | |
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53 lodgings | |
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54 considerably | |
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56 landlady | |
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57 immediate | |
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58 dross | |
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60 paltry | |
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61 bestowed | |
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63 memorandum | |
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64 affluence | |
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65 astronomical | |
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66 electrifying | |
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67 dismal | |
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68 jobbers | |
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69 alligators | |
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70 bower | |
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71 proceedings | |
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