Sir Leicester seemed to approve of this even more. He hoped he might have the good fortune to be at Chesney Wold when Mr. Skimpole next came down into Lincolnshire. Mr. Skimpole professed himself much flattered and honoured.
"Mr. Skimpole mentioned," pursued Sir Leicester, addressing himself again to my guardian, "mentioned to the housekeeper, who, as he may have observed, is an old and attached retainer of the family--"
("That is, when I walked through the house the other day, on the occasion of my going down to visit Miss Summerson and Miss Clare," Mr. Skimpole airily explained to us.)
"--That the friend with whom he had formerly been staying there was Mr. Jarndyce." Sir Leicester bowed to the bearer of that name. "And hence I became aware of the circumstance for which I have professed my regret. That this should have occurred to any gentleman, Mr. Jarndyce, but especially a gentleman formerly known to Lady Dedlock, and indeed claiming some distant connexion with her, and for whom (as I learn from my Lady herself) she entertains a high respect, does, I assure you, give--me--pain."

Sir Leicester seemed to approve of this even more. He hoped he might have the good fortune to be at Chesney Wold when Mr. Skimpole next came into Lincolnshire. Mr. Skimpole professed himself much honoured.
"Mr. Skimpole mentioned to the housekeeper," pursued Sir Leicester, "that he had been staying with Mr. Jarndyce."
"That is, when I walked through the house the other day, on the occasion of my going down to visit you," Mr. Skimpole airily explained to us.
"Hence I became aware of the circumstance. That this should have happened to Mr. Jarndyce, a gentleman with some distant connexion to Lady Dedlock, and for whom she entertains a high respect, does, I assure you, give me pain."
