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husband. ‘He forgets everything.’

‘I will twist his demd nose off his countenance for leaving such
a very pretty creature all alone by herself,’ said her husband.

‘Mantalini,’ cried Madame, ‘you forget yourself.’
‘I don’t forget you, my soul, and never shall, and never can,’
said Mantalini, kissing his wife’s hand, and grimacing aside, to
Miss Nickleby, who turned away.

Appeased by this compliment, the lady of the business took
some papers from her desk which she handed over to Mr
Mantalini, who received them with great delight. She then
requested Kate to follow her, and after several feints on the part of
Mr Mantalini to attract the young lady’s attention, they went away:
leaving that gentleman extended at full length on the sofa, with his
heels in the air and a newspaper in his hand.

Madame Mantalini led the way down a flight of stairs, and
through a passage, to a large room at the back of the premises
where were a number of young women employed in sewing,
cutting out, making up, altering, and various other processes
known only to those who are cunning in the arts of millinery and
dressmaking. It was a close room with a skylight, and as dull and
quiet as a room need be.

On Madame Mantalini calling aloud for Miss Knag, a short,
bustling, over-dressed female, full of importance, presented
herself, and all the young ladies suspending their operations for
the moment, whispered to each other sundry criticisms upon the
make and texture of Miss Nickleby’s dress, her complexion, cast of
features, and personal appearance, with as much good breeding as
could have been displayed by the very best society in a crowded
ball-room.


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