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Mrs. Kenwigs is Mr. Kenwigs’s wife, Morleena’s mother, and Mr. Lillyvick’s niece. She is prone to dramatics. For example, at one point she declares that her daughters are too beautiful to live for long in this world, causing her daughters to begin crying in alarm at their prospective early deaths.
Mrs. Kenwigs Quotes in Nicholas Nickleby
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Chapter 15
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'He has a very nice face and style, really,' said Mrs. Kenwigs.
'He certainly has,' added Miss [Henrietta] Petowker. 'There's something in his appearance quite—dear, dear, what's that word again?'
'What word?' inquired Mr. Lillyvick.
'Why—dear me, how stupid I am,' replied Miss Petowker, hesitating. 'What do you call it, when Lords break off door-knockers and beat policemen, and play at coaches with other people's money, and all that sort of thing?'
'Aristocratic?' suggested the collector.
'Ah! aristocratic,' replied Miss Petowker; 'something very aristocratic about him, isn't there?'
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Mrs. Kenwigs Quotes in Nicholas Nickleby
The Nicholas Nickleby quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Kenwigs or refer to Mrs. Kenwigs. 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:
).
Chapter 15
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'He has a very nice face and style, really,' said Mrs. Kenwigs.
'He certainly has,' added Miss [Henrietta] Petowker. 'There's something in his appearance quite—dear, dear, what's that word again?'
'What word?' inquired Mr. Lillyvick.
'Why—dear me, how stupid I am,' replied Miss Petowker, hesitating. 'What do you call it, when Lords break off door-knockers and beat policemen, and play at coaches with other people's money, and all that sort of thing?'
'Aristocratic?' suggested the collector.
'Ah! aristocratic,' replied Miss Petowker; 'something very aristocratic about him, isn't there?'
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