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Title: Our mutual friend
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896, ed
Subjects: Inheritance and succession Social classes Poor families Deception
Publisher: New York, London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of enjoyment.But as he gradually recovered, Mrs. Boffin gradually introducedherself, and smiling peace was gradually wooed back to Mrs. BettyHigdens home. It was then perceived to be a small home with a large manglein it, at the handle of which machine stood a very long boy, witha very little head, and an open mouth of disproportionate capacitythat seemed to assist his eyes in staring at the visitors. In a cornerbelow the mangle, on a couple of stools, sat two very little chil-dren : a boy and a girl; and when the very long boy, in an inter-val of staring, took a turn at the mangle, it was alarming to seehow it lunged itself at those two innocents, like a catapult designedfor their destruction, harmlessly retiring when Avithin an inch oftheir heads. The room was clean and neat. It had a brick floor,and a window of diamond panes, and a flounce hanging below thechimney-piece, and strings nailed from bottom to top outside thewindow on which scarlet-beans were to grow in the coming season
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MRS. UOFFIN DISCOVERS AN ORPHAN. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. 187 if the Fates were propitious. However propitious they might havebeen in the seasons that were gone, to Betty Higden in the matterof beans, they had not been very favourable in the matter of coins ;for it was easy to see that she was poor. She was one of those old women, was Mrs. Betty Higden, who bydint of an indomitable purpose and a strong constitution fight outmany years, though each year has come with its new knock-downblows fresh to the fight against her, wearied by it; an active oldwoman, with a bright dark eye and a resolute face, yet quite a ten-der creature too ; not a logically-reasoning woman, but God is good,and hearts may count in Heaven as high as heads. Yes sure! said she, when the business was opened, Mrs.Milvey had the kindness to write to me, maam, and I got Sloppyto read it. It was a pretty letter. But shes an affable lady. The visitors glanced at the long boy, who seemed to indicate bya broader stare of his mo

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