PostsCommentsPayoutsoldliterature (19)in #mortimer • 7 days ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #6/413‘Now, Mortimer,’ says Lady Tippins, rapping the sticks of her closed green fan upon the knuckles of her left hand—which is particularly rich in knuckles, ‘I insist upon your…oldliterature (19)in #veneering • 13 days ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #5/413Is appealed to, at the fish stage of the banquet, by Veneering, on the disputed question whether his cousin Lord Snigsworth is in or out of town? Gives it that his cousin is…oldliterature (19)in #veneering • 17 days ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #4/413Mrs Veneering does not expect that Mr Twemlow can in nature care much for such insipid things as babies, but so old a friend must please to look at baby. ‘Ah! You will know the…oldliterature (19)in #veneering • 22 days ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #3/413Chapter 2 THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was spick and…oldliterature (19)in #sculled • 28 days ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #2/413Until now, the boat had barely held her own, and had hovered about one spot; but now, the banks changed swiftly, and the deepening shadows and the kindling lights of London…oldliterature (19)in #mooring • 2 months ago[Literature] Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend #1/413BOOK THE FIRST — THE CUP AND THE LIP Chapter 1 ON THE LOOK OUT In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and…