How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I reflected—clearly reflected for the first time, that in bending my neck to the yoke I was willing to wear, I bent the unwilling necks of the whole Jewish people." (18.9.15)
Mr. Riah feels awful about working for Mr. Fledgeby. In agreeing to Fledgeby's deal, Mr. Riah has given a bad name to Jewish people everywhere because he has allowed people to believe that he (a Jewish man) is a cruel and greedy moneylender… playing right into the anti-Semitic stereotype of Jews as greedy.
Quote #8
"He held me to certain months of servitude, which were his lawful term of notice." (18.9.21)
Mr. Riah finally explains to Jenny how Mr. Fledgeby has used him as a smokescreen to make people think that an old Jewish man has been cheating them when it's been Mr. Fledgeby all along. Jenny is quick to forgive him; since she now knows Riah had no choice.
Quote #9
"[If] you could have seen him of a night, at that time of it! The way he'd sit and chuckle over himself!" (19.13.41)
Bad guys aren't the only ones who can be manipulative in this book. Mr. Boffin also gets in on the fun by pretending to turn into a big meanie once he inherits Old Man Harmon's money. All he's actually doing though is checking whether Bella Wilfer has the strength of character to stand up for what's right instead of standing by and quietly taking his money.