. Bleak house . put them in mydres For me ? said I, surprised. Foi you, said Caddy, with a kiss. They were left behindby Somebody. Left behind ? At poor Miss Flites, said Caddy. Somebody who has beenvery good U her, was hurrying away an hour ago, to join a ship,land left these flowers behind. No, no ! Dont take them the prett/ little things lie here ! said Caddy, adjusting themwith a careful 1 and, because I was present myself, and I shouldntiwonder if Somebody left them on purpose ! Do they look like that sort of thing ? said Ada, coming laugh-ingly behind me, and clasping me merrily


. Bleak house . put them in mydres For me ? said I, surprised. Foi you, said Caddy, with a kiss. They were left behindby Somebody. Left behind ? At poor Miss Flites, said Caddy. Somebody who has beenvery good U her, was hurrying away an hour ago, to join a ship,land left these flowers behind. No, no ! Dont take them the prett/ little things lie here ! said Caddy, adjusting themwith a careful 1 and, because I was present myself, and I shouldntiwonder if Somebody left them on purpose ! Do they look like that sort of thing ? said Ada, coming laugh-ingly behind me, and clasping me merrily round the waist. 0,syes, indeed they do, Dame Durden! They look very, very sort of thing. 0, very like it indeed, my dear I CHAPTER XVIIL LADY DEBLOCK. It was not so easy as it had appeared at first, to arrange foriRichards making a trial of Mr. Kenges office. Richard himselfwas the chief impediment. As soon as he had it in his power toleave Mr. Badger at any moment, he began to doubt whether he ^T^ ^. caddys flowers. BLEAK HOUSE. 225 wanted to leave hira at all. He didnt know, he said, really. Itwasnt a bad profession ; he couldnt assert that he disliked it; per-haps he liked it as well as he liked any other — suppose he gaveit one more chance ! Upon that, he shut himself up, for a fewweeks, with some books and some bones, and seemed to acquire aconsiderable fund of information with great rapidity. His fervour,after lasting about a month, began to cool; and when it was quitecooled, began to grow warm again. His vacillations between lawand medicine lasted so long, that Midsummer arrived before hefinally separated from Mr. Badger, and entered on an experimentalcourse of Messrs. Kenge and Carboy. For all his waywardness,he took great credit to himself as being determined to be in earnest this time. And he was so good-natured throughout, and in suchhigh spirits, and so fond of Ada, that it was very difficult indeed tobe otherwise than pleased with him. As to Mr. Jarndy


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