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Book The Second - Reaping | Charles Dickens | |
Chapter II - Mr. James Harthouse |
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If anything could have exalted Jem's interest in Mr. Bounderby, it would have been this very circumstance. Or, so he told him. 'So now,' said Bounderby, 'we may shake hands on equal terms. I say, equal terms, because although I know what I am, and the exact depth of the gutter I have lifted myself out of, better than any man does, I am as proud as you are. I am just as proud as you are. Having now asserted my independence in a proper manner, I may come to how do you find yourself, and I hope you're pretty well.' The better, Mr. Harthouse gave him to understand as they shook hands, for the salubrious air of Coketown. Mr. Bounderby received the answer with favour. 'Perhaps you know,' said he, 'or perhaps you don't know, I married Tom Gradgrind's daughter. If you have nothing better to do than to walk up town with me, I shall be glad to introduce you to Tom Gradgrind's daughter.' 'Mr. Bounderby,' said Jem, 'you anticipate my dearest wishes.' |
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