Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 4. This is a good example of Pip’s satirical tone when describing how Mrs. Joe manages to make both her cleanliness and religion equally unpleasant. The statement that her cleanliness is more uncomfortable than dirt itself is verbal irony.