Chapter 25

           BentleyDrummle,whowassosulkyafellowthatheeventookupabookasifitswriterhaddonehimaninjury,didnottakeupanacquaintanceinamoreagreeablespirit.Heavyinfigure,movement,andcomprehensioninthesluggishcomplexionofhisface,andinthelarge,awkwardtonguethatseemedtolollaboutinhismouthashehimselflolledaboutinaroomhewasidle,proud,niggardly,reserved,andsuspicious.HecameofrichpeopledowninSomersetshire,whohadnursedthiscombinationofqualitiesuntiltheymadethediscoverythatitwasjustofageandablockhead.Thus,BentleyDrummlehadcometoMr.Pocketwhenhewasaheadtallerthanthatgentleman,andhalfadozenheadsthickerthanmostgentlemen.

           Startophadbeenspoiltbyaweakmotherandkeptathomewhenheoughttohavebeenatschool,buthewasdevotedlyattachedtoher,andadmiredherbeyondmeasure.Hehadawoman’sdelicacyoffeature,andwas—"asyoumaysee,thoughyouneversawher,"saidHerberttome—"exactlylikehismother.ItwasbutnaturalthatIshouldtaketohimmuchmorekindlythantoDrummle,andthat,evenintheearliesteveningsofourboating,heandIshouldpullhomewardabreastofoneanother,conversingfromboattoboat,whileBentleyDrummlecameupinourwakealone,undertheoverhangingbanksandamongtherushes.

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