#but seriously how often does the narrator start laughing ironically while describing a lesbian jealous of her mistress's latest love affair

[spultatha]

Ha! Ha! Ha!

'Ha, ha, ha! She, Hortense, been in my Lady's service since five years and always kept at the distance, and this doll, this puppet, caressed — absolutely caressed — by my Lady on the moment of her arriving at the house! Ha, ha, ha! "And do you know how pretty you are, child?" "No, my Lady." You are right there! "And how old are you, child! And take care they do not spoil you by flattery, child!" Oh, how droll! It is the best thing altogether.'

-Charles Dickens, Bleak House