carried it out; I do carry it out. But I will not smooth things over to any connection of Mr. C. ’s on any account. As open as I was to Mr. Jarndyce, I am to you. I regard it in the light of a professional duty to be so, though it can be charged to no one. I openly say, unpalatable as it may be, that I consider Mr. C. ’s affairs in a very bad way, that I consider Mr. C. himself in a very bad way, and that I regard this as an exceedingly ill-advised marriage. Am I here, sir? Yes, I thank you; I am here, Mr. C. , and enjoying the pleasure of some agreeable conversation with Miss Summerson, for which I have to thank you very much, sir!”