“Far be it from me,” said Mrs. Wilfer, making deep proclamation from her corner, “to run counter to the feelings of a child of mine, and of a youth,” Mr. Sampson hardly seemed to like that word, “who is the object of her maiden preference. I may feel⁠—nay, know⁠—that I have been deluded and deceived. I may feel⁠—nay, know⁠—that I have been set aside and passed over. I may feel⁠—nay, know⁠—that after having so far overcome my repugnance towards Mr. and Mrs. Boffin as to receive them under this roof, and to consent to your daughter Bella’s,” here turning to her husband, “residing under theirs, it were well if your daughter Bella,” again turning to her husband, “had profited in a worldly point of view by a connection so distasteful, so disreputable. I may feel⁠—nay, know⁠—that in uniting herself to Mr.