Our Mutual Friend Jealousy Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

"Now, you see […] a literary man—with a wooden leg—is liable to jealousy. I shall therefore cast about for comfortable ways and means of not calling up Wegg's jealousy." (5.15.46)

Mr. Boffin knows that Silas Wegg will be jealous that he's hired Mr. Rokesmith as a secretary instead of him (Wegg). So Mr. Boffin is going to search for all kinds of ways to soothe Wegg's anger, since Boffin is such a nice dude.

Quote #2

He could hardly get the words out, even then and there, so fierce did he grow (though keeping himself down with infinite pains of repression), when the careless and contemptuous bearing of Eugene Wrayburn rose before his mind. (10.14.79)

Bradley Headstone is pretty much insane with jealousy for Eugene's bond with Lizzie Hexam. And his jealousy is made only worse by the way Eugene constantly dismisses him and hits him with zinger after clever zinger.

Quote #3

"He can be a rival to me among other things." (10.15.90)

Headstone is jealous of Eugene Wrayburn and he's not afraid to show it. He practically tells strangers on the street that he hates Eugene's guts because the two of them are rivals for Lizzie Hexam.