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No , no , Jenny my dear ; cracked china is better left on the shelf out of the way , even if it could bear the move , which it ca n't . '' Then Jenny understood , and advised Rosamond to bide her time , and wait till the session of parliament , when the house would be quieter ; and Rosamond nodded and held her peace . The only person who held aloof was Cecil , who would not rise to the bait when Raymond tried to exhibit Miss Bowater as a superior intellectual woman . Unluckily , too , Jenny observed one evening at the five o'clock tea , `` I hear that Mrs. Duncombe has picked up some very funny people -- a lady lecturer , who is coming to set us all to rights . '' `` A wonderful pair , I hear ! '' said Frank . `` Mrs. Clio Tallboys , she calls herself , and a poor little husband , whom she carries about to show the superiority of her sex . ''