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Mr. Venus runs a taxidermy shop and is a friend of Silas Wegg. He eventually marries Pleasant Riderhood. Venus briefly gets involved with Wegg’s plan to blackmail Noddy Boffin with a will that Wegg discovered in the dust mounds near Boffin’s former home, but Venus’s conscience gets the better of him, and he reveals the whole plan to Boffin.
Mr. Venus Quotes in Our Mutual Friend
The Our Mutual Friend quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Venus or refer to Mr. Venus. 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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Book 3, Chapter 6
Quotes
“Do you like what Wegg’s been a-reading?”
Mr Venus answered that he found it extremely interesting.
“Then come again,” said Mr Boffin, “and hear some more. Come when you like; come the day after to-morrow, half an hour sooner. There’s plenty more; there’s no end to it.”
Mr Venus expressed his acknowledgments and accepted the invitation.
“It’s wonderful what’s been hid, at one time and another,” said Mr Boffin, ruminating; “truly wonderful.”
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Mr. Venus Quotes in Our Mutual Friend
The Our Mutual Friend quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Venus or refer to Mr. Venus. 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:
).
Book 3, Chapter 6
Quotes
“Do you like what Wegg’s been a-reading?”
Mr Venus answered that he found it extremely interesting.
“Then come again,” said Mr Boffin, “and hear some more. Come when you like; come the day after to-morrow, half an hour sooner. There’s plenty more; there’s no end to it.”
Mr Venus expressed his acknowledgments and accepted the invitation.
“It’s wonderful what’s been hid, at one time and another,” said Mr Boffin, ruminating; “truly wonderful.”
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Page Number and Citation:
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