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Mrs. M’Swat
Mr. M’Swat is the patriarch of the M’Swat family, and his loans to Mr. Melvyn lead to Sybylla’s employment at the M’Swat house at Barney’s Gap. Sybylla describes him as “an utterly ignorant man” whose small ideas fit the small life he leads. He is only barely literate, and he spends his Sundays reading the local paper with the enthusiasm an educated man might have for poetry. Mr. M’Swat’s house and family are distressingly dirty and unstimulating for Sybylla, but he is kind to her, and she respects his upright morals. Sybylla takes offense when he believes she intends to marry his son Peter, but she quickly realizes he was only trying to look out for her.
Mr. M’Swat Quotes in My Brilliant Career
The My Brilliant Career quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. M’Swat or refer to Mr. M’Swat. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 31
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Silence, you ignorant old creature! How dare you have the incomparable impertinence to mention my name in conjunction with that of your boor of a son. Though he were a millionaire I would think his touch contamination. You have fallen through for once if you imagine I go out at night to meet any one—I merely go away to be free for a few minutes from the suffocating atmosphere of your odious home. You must not think that because you have grasped and slaved and got a little money that it makes a gentleman of you; and never you dare to again mention my name in regard to matrimony with any one about here.
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Mr. M’Swat Quotes in My Brilliant Career
The My Brilliant Career quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. M’Swat or refer to Mr. M’Swat. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 31
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Silence, you ignorant old creature! How dare you have the incomparable impertinence to mention my name in conjunction with that of your boor of a son. Though he were a millionaire I would think his touch contamination. You have fallen through for once if you imagine I go out at night to meet any one—I merely go away to be free for a few minutes from the suffocating atmosphere of your odious home. You must not think that because you have grasped and slaved and got a little money that it makes a gentleman of you; and never you dare to again mention my name in regard to matrimony with any one about here.
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