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                            MRS。 DINGLEY 



     We cannot do her honour by her Christian name。 ��1��                   All we have to 

call her by more tenderly is the mere D�察�the D that ties her to Stella�察�with 

whom   she   made   the   two´in´one   whom   Swift   loved   ;better   a   thousand 

times than life�察�as hope saved。;           MD�察�without full stops�察�Swift writes it 

eight times in a line for the pleasure of writing it。           ;MD sometimes means 

Stella    alone�察─   �says   one    of  many     editors。   ;The     letters  were    written 

nominally   to   Stella   and   Mrs。   Dingley�察─  �says   another�察   �but   it   does     not 

require to be said that it was really for Stella's sake alone that they were 

penned。;      Not so。     ;MD; never stands for Stella alone。             And the editor 

does not yet live who shall persuade one honest reader�察�against the word of 

Swift�察 �that   Swift   loved   Stella   only�察 �with   an   ordinary  love�察 �and   not�察 �by  a 

most delicate exception�察�Stella and Dingley�察�so joined that they make the 

;she; and ;her; of every letter。          And this shall be a paper of reparation to 

Mrs。 Dingley。 

     No one else in literary history has been so defrauded of her honours。 

In love ;to divide is not to take away�察─�as Shelley says�察�and Dingley's half 

of the tender things said to MD is equal to any whole�察�and takes nothing 

from the whole of Stella's half。          But the sentimentalist has fought against 

Mrs。     Dingley     from    the   outset。    He     has   disliked    her�察  �shirked    her�察�

misconceived        her�察  �and   effaced    her。   Sly   sentimentalisthe       finds   her 

irksome。      Through   one   of   his   most   modern   representatives   he   has   but 

lately called her a ;chaperon。;         A chaperon� �

     MD was not a sentimentalist。            Stella was not so�察�though she has been 

pressed   into   that   character�察  �D   certainly   was   not�察  �and   has   in   this   respect 

been   spared   by   the   chronicler�察  �and   MD   together   were   ;saucy   charming 

MD�察─      �saucy    little�察 �pretty�察 �dear  rogues�察─    �little  monkeys     mine�察─    �little 

mischievous       girls�察─  �nautinautinautidear       girls�察─  �brats�察─   �huzzies    both�察─�

;impudence        and    saucy´face�察─     �saucy    noses�察─    �my     dearest    lives   and 

delights�察─   �dear   little   young   women�察─   �good   dallars�察  �not   crying   dallars; 

��which means ;girls;���察 �ten thousand times dearest MD�察─�and so forth in a 

hundred      repetitions。    They   are�察   �every   now    and   then�察   �poor   MD�察─    �but 



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obviously  not   because   of   their   own   complaining。        Swift   called   them   so 

because   they   were   mortal�察  �and   he�察  �like   all   great   souls�察  �lived   and   loved�察�

conscious every day of the price�察�which is death。 

     The two were joined by love�察�not without solemnity�察�though man�察�with 

his   summary   and   wholesale   ready´made   sentiment�察  �has   thus   obstinately 

put    them    asunder。     No     wholesale     sentiment     can   do   otherwise      than 

foolishly   play   havoc   with   such   a   relation。     To   Swift   it   was   the   most 

secluded thing in the world。           ;I am weary of friends�察�and friendships are 

all   monsters�察  �except   MD's�察─   �I   ought   to   read   these   letters   I   write   after   I 

have done。       But I hope it does not puzzle little Dingley to read�察�for I think 

I mend�此     �but methinks�察─�he adds�察 �when I write plain�察�I do not know how�察�

but we are not alone�察�all the world can see us。             A bad scrawl is so snug�察�it 

looks like PMD。; Again�此           �I do not like women so much as I did。               MD�察�

you must know�察�are not women。;               ;God Almighty preserve you both and 

make us happy together。;           ;I say Amen with all my heart and vitals�察�that 

we   may   never   be   asunder   ten   days   together   while   poor   Presto   lives。; 

;Farewell�察�dearest beloved MD�察�and love poor�察�poor Presto�察�who has not 

had one happy day since he left you�察�as hope saved。; 

     With themwith herhe hid himself in the world�察�at Court�察�at the bar 

of St。 James's   coffee´house�察�whither he   went on the  Irish mail´   day�察 �and 

was ;in pain except he saw MD's little handwriting。;                   He hid with them 

in the long labours of these exquisite letters every night and morning。                    If 

no letter came�察�he comforted himself with thinking that ;he had it yet to be 

happy with。;       And the world has agreed to hide under its own manifold 

and lachrymose blunders the grace and singularitythe distinctionof this 

sweet romance。 ;Little�察�sequestered pleasure´house;it seemed as though 

;the many could not miss it�察─�but not even the few have found it。 

     It is part of the scheme of the sympathetic historian that Stella should 

be the victim of hope deferred�察�watching for letters from Swift。                   But day 

and night Presto complains of the scantiness of MD's little letters�察�he waits 

upon ;her; will�此       �I shall make a sort of journal�察�and when it is full I will 

send it whether MD writes or not�察�and so that will be pretty。;                   ;Naughty 

girls   that  will   not  write   to  a  body� ─     �I   wish   you   were    whipped     for 

forgetting     to  send。    Go�察  �be   far  enough�察    �negligent    baggages。;       ;You�察�



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Mistress Stella�察�shall write your share�察�and then comes Dingley altogether�察�

and then Stella a little crumb at the end�察�and then conclude with something 

handsome   and   genteel�察  �as   `your   most   humble   cumdumble。';              But   Scott 

and Macaulay and Thackeray are all exceedingly sorry for Stella。 

     Swift is most charming when he is feigning to complain of his task�此�

;Here   is   such   a   stir   and   bustle   with   this   little   MD   of   ours�察  �I   must   be 

writing every night�察�O Lord�察�O Lord� ─                �I must go write idle things�察�and 

twittle   twattle。;     ;These   saucy   jades   take   up   so   much   of   my   time   with 

writing   to   them  in   the   morning。;      Is   it   not   a   stealthy  wrong   done   upon 

Mrs。   Dingley   that   she   should   be   stripped   of   all   these   ornaments   to   her 

name and memory�拭            �When Swift tells a woman in a letter that there he is 

;writing      in  bed�察  �like   a  tiger�察─ �she   should     go   gay   in  the   eyes   of   all 

generations。 

     They will not let Stella go gay�察�because of sentiment�察�and they will not 

let Mrs。 Dingley go gay�察�because of sentiment for Stella。                  Marry come up� �

Why   did   not   the   historians   assign   all   the   tender   passages   ��taken   very 

seriously��   to   Stella�察  �and   let   Dingley  have   the   jokes�察  �then�拭    �That   would 

have been no ill share for Dingley。             But no�察�forsooth�察�Dingley is allowed 

nothing。 

     There are passages�察�nevertheless�察�which can hardly be taken from her。 

For    now     and   then   Swift    parts   his  dear    MD。     When       he   does   so   he 

invariably drops those initials and writes ;Stella; or ;Ppt; for the one�察�and 

;D; or ;Dingley; for the other。             There is no exception to this anywhere。 

He is anxious about Stella's ;little eyes�察─�and about her health generally�察�

whereas Dingley is strong。            Poor Ppt�察�he thinks�察�will not catch the ;new 

fever�察─�because she is not well�察 �but why should D escape it�察�pray�拭─                     �And 

Mrs。 Dingley is rebuked for her tale of a journey from Dublin to Wexford。 

;I doubt�察�Madam Dingley�察�you are apt to lie in your travels�察�though not so 

bad    as   Stella�察  �she   tells  thumpers。;       Stella    is  often   reproved     for   her 

spelling�察  �and   Mrs。   Dingley   writes   much   the   better   hand。        But   she   is   a 

puzzle´headed woman�察�like   another。              ;What do   you mean   by  my  fourth 

letter�察�Madam Dinglibus�拭            �Does not Stella say  you had my fifth�察�goody 

Blunder�拭─       �Now�察     �Mistress     Dingley�察   �are   you   not   an  impudent      slut  to 

except a letter next packet�拭          �Unreasonable baggage�            �No�察�little Dingley�察�



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I am always in bed by twelve�察�and I take great care of myself。;                      ;You are 

a pretending slut�察�indeed�察�with your `fourth' and `fifth' in the margin�察�and 

your `journal' and everything。           O Lord�察�never saw the like�察�we shall never 

have     done。;     ;I   never    saw   such    a  letter�察 �so  saucy�察   �so   journalish�察   �so 

everything。;       Swift is insistently grateful for their inquiries for his health。 

He   pauses      seriously   to   thank   them   in    the  midst   of   his  prattle。    Both 

women MDare rallied on their politics�此                 �I have a fancy that Ppt is a 

Tory�察�I fancy she looks like one�察�and D a sort of trimmer。; 

     But it is for Dingley separately that Swift endured a wild bird in his 

lodgings。      His   man   Patrick   had   got   one   to   take   over   to   her   in   Ireland。 

;He keeps it in a closet�察�where it makes a terrible litter�察�but I say nothing�察�I 

am as tame as a clout。; 

     Forgotten Dingley�察�happy in this�察�has not had to endure the ignominy�察�

in a hundred essays�察�to be retrospectively offered to Swift as an unclaim
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