Skimpole himself reclined upon the cheap uggs online sofa in a dressing-gown,drinking some fragrant coffee from an old china cup--it was thenabout mid-day--and looking at a collection of wallflowers in thebalcony.
     　　He was not in the least disconcerted by our appearance, but roseand received us in his usual airy manner.
     　　"Here I am, you see!" he said when we were seated, not without somelittle difficulty, the greater part of the chairs being broken.
     　　"Here I am! This is my frugal breakfast. Some men want legs ofbeef and mutton for breakfast; I don't. Give me my peach, discount ugg boots my cupof coffee, and my claret; I am content. I don't want them forthemselves, but they remind me of the sun. There's nothing solarabout legs of beef and mutton. Mere animal satisfaction!""This is our friend's consulting-room (or would be, if he everprescribed), his sanctum, his studio," said my guardian to us.
     　　"Yes," said Mr. Skimpole, turning his bright face about, "this isthe bird's cage. This is where the bird lives and sings. Theypluck his feathers now and then and clip his ugg boots discount outlet wings, but he sings,he sings!"He handed us the grapes, repeating in his radiant way, "He sings!
     　　Not an ambitious note, but still he sings.""These are very fine," said my guardian. "A present?""No," he answered. "No! Some amiable gardener sells them. His manwanted to know, when he brought them last evening, whether heshould wait for the money. 'Really, my friend,' I said, 'I thinknot--if your time is of any value to you.' I suppose it was, forhe went away."My guardian looked at cheap uggs online us with a smile, as though he asked us, "Isit possible to be worldly with this baby?""This is a day," said Mr. Skimpole, gaily taking a little claret ina tumbler, "that will ever be remembered here. We shall call itSaint Clare and Saint Summerson day. You must see my daughters. Ihave a blue-eyed daughter who is my Beauty daughter, I have aSentiment daughter, and I have a Comedy daughter. You must seethem all. They'll be enchanted."He was going to summon uggs discount them when my guardian interposed and askedhim to pause a moment, as he wished to say a word to him first.
     　　"My dear Jarndyce," he cheerfully replied, going back to his sofa,"as many moments as you please. Time is no object here. We neverknow what o'clock it is, and we never care. Not the way to get onin life, you'll tell me? Certainly. But we DON'T get on in life.