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Mrs. Sparsit

           LadyScadgers(animmenselyfatoldwoman,withaninordinateappetiteforbutcher’smeat,andamysteriouslegwhichhadnowrefusedtogetoutofbedforfourteenyears)contrivedthemarriage,ataperiodwhenSparsitwasjustofage,andchieflynoticeableforaslenderbody,weaklysupportedontwolongslimprops,andsurmountedbynoheadworthmentioning.Heinheritedafairfortunefromhisuncle,butoweditallbeforehecameintoit,andspentittwiceoverimmediatelyafterwards.Thus,whenhedied,attwenty-four(thesceneofhisdecease,Calais,andthecause,brandy),hedidnotleavehiswidow,fromwhomhehadbeenseparatedsoonafterthehoneymoon,inaffluentcircumstances.Thatbereavedlady,fifteenyearsolderthanhe,fellpresentlyatdeadlyfeudwithheronlyrelative,LadyScadgers;and,partlytospiteherladyship,andpartlytomaintainherself,wentoutatasalary.Andhereshewasnow,inherelderlydays,withtheCoriolanianstyleofnoseandthedenseblackeyebrowswhichhadcaptivatedSparsit,makingMr.Bounderby’steaashetookhisbreakfast.

           IfBounderbyhadbeenaConqueror,andMrs.SparsitacaptivePrincesswhomhetookaboutasafeatureinhisstate-processions,hecouldnothavemadeagreaterflourishwithherthanhehabituallydid.Justasitbelongedtohisboastfulnesstodepreciatehisownextraction,soitbelongedtoittoexaltMrs.Sparsit’s.Inthemeasurethathewouldnotallowhisownyouthtohavebeenattendedbyasinglefavourablecircumstance,hebrightenedMrs.

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