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consequent neglect of duty on the part of the attached -- mutual alliance and reliance ; confidence thence resulting -- insolence accompanying -- mutiny and general blow-up . Am I right , Baroness Ingram , of Ingram Park ?"
" My lily-flower , you are right now , as always ." " Then no more need be said : change the subject ."
Amy Eshton , not hearing or not heeding this dictum , joined in with her soft , infantine tone : " Louisa and I used to quiz our governess too ; but she was such a good creature , she would bear anything : nothing put her out . She was never cross with us ; was she , Louisa ?"
" No , never : we might do what we pleased ; ransack her desk and her workbox , and turn her drawers inside out ; and she was so good- natured , she would give us anything we asked for ."
" I suppose , now ," said Miss Ingram , curling her lip sarcastically , " we shall have an abstract of the memoirs of all the governesses extant : in order to avert such a visitation , I again move the introduction of a new topic . Mr . Rochester , do you second my motion ?"
" Madam , I support you on this point , as on every other ."
" Then on me be the onus of bringing it forward . Signior Eduardo , are you in voice to-night ?"
" Donna Bianca , if you command it , I will be ."
" Then , signior , I lay on you my sovereign behest to furbish up your lungs and other vocal organs , as they will be wanted on my royal service ."
" Who would not be the Rizzio of so divine a Mary ?"
" A fig for Rizzio !" cried she , tossing her head with all its curls , as she moved to the piano . " It is my opinion the fiddler David must have been an