How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #10
"I shall miss you all, and trust you to carry on, without me, the job I sought to do, and to remember in my name that there is much to accomplish on earth, despite what often appears to be the most hopeless burden of woe . . ."(48.34)
This is your straight-up irony right here: Mr. B is going on and on about hopelessness when the most wonderful thing in the novel (Bob leaving) is just about to happen.