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A few more quotes that I highlighted along the way:

‘O, a joke, sir, a mere joke,’ Edwin cuts in, with a provoking yawn. ‘A little humouring of Pussy’s points! I’m going to paint her gravely, one of these days, if she’s good.’

This would just about make Edwin's murder: justifiable homicide. Yes?

‘That is my understanding,’ assented Mr. Grewgious, as they shook hands to part. ‘God bless them both!’
‘God save them both!’ cried Jasper.
‘I said, bless them,’ remarked the former, looking back over his shoulder.
‘I said, save them,’ returned the latter. ‘Is there any difference?’

This just struck me as an odd snippet of conversation. Particularly since the offence, if there is any offence, on Jasper's part is directed at "them both" (Edwin and Rosebud).


In discussing whether Neville would apologise to Edwin, we have:

‘You see,’ remarked Mr. Crisparkle, again laying hold of his opportunity, though with a moderate and delicate touch, ‘you both instinctively acknowledge that Neville did wrong. Then why stop short, and not otherwise acknowledge it?’
‘Is there no difference,’ asked Helena, with a little faltering in her manner, ‘between submission to a generous spirit, and submission to a base or trivial one?’

And this struck me as a rather interesting question. Neville was in the wrong (even if not the only one in the wrong) should he not apologise regardless of the quality of the other side? And yet it is easy to see why he should be reluctant to do so (just look again at the quote at the top of this post). Perhaps the real question is: Is apology submission?