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John is Matilda’s husband. He socializes with Fanny, but he despises Fanny’s father, Mr. Squeers. He is also Nicholas’s close friend. After Nicholas runs away from Dotheboys Hall, John lends him money so Nicholas can return to England. And when Squeers kidnaps Smike, John helps Smike escape. Nicholas’s relationship with John shows Nicholas’s capacity to gain friends and provides an example of the mutual loyalty that defines Nicholas’s friendships.
John Quotes in Nicholas Nickleby
The Nicholas Nickleby quotes below are all either spoken by John or refer to John. 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 42
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'If it's fated that listeners are never to hear any good of themselves,' said Mrs. Browdie, 'I can't help it, and I am very sorry for it. But I will say, Fanny, that times out of number I have spoken so kindly of you behind your back, that even you could have found no fault with what I said.'
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John Quotes in Nicholas Nickleby
The Nicholas Nickleby quotes below are all either spoken by John or refer to John. 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 42
Quotes
'If it's fated that listeners are never to hear any good of themselves,' said Mrs. Browdie, 'I can't help it, and I am very sorry for it. But I will say, Fanny, that times out of number I have spoken so kindly of you behind your back, that even you could have found no fault with what I said.'
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