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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           MissWade,whohadwatchedherunderthisfinalappealwiththatstrangeattentivesmile,andthatrepressinghanduponherownbosomwithwhichshehadwatchedherinherstruggleatMarseilles,thenputherarmaboutherwaistasifshetookpossessionofherforevermore.

           Andtherewasavisibletriumphinherfacewhensheturnedittodismissthevisitors.

           ‘AsitisthelasttimeIshallhavethehonour,’shesaid,‘andasyouhavespokenofnotknowingwhatIam,andalsoofthefoundationofmyinfluencehere,youmaynowknowthatitisfoundedinacommoncause.Whatyourbrokenplaythingisastobirth,Iam.Shehasnoname,Ihavenoname.Herwrongismywrong.Ihavenothingmoretosaytoyou.’

           ThiswasaddressedtoMrMeagles,whosorrowfullywentout.AsClennamfollowed,shesaidtohim,withthesameexternalcomposureandinthesamelevelvoice,butwithasmilethatisonlyseenoncruelfaces:averyfaintsmile,liftingthenostril,scarcelytouchingthelips,andnotbreakingawaygradually,butinstantlydismissedwhendonewith:

           ‘IhopethewifeofyourdearfriendMrGowan,maybehappyinthecontrastofherextractiontothisgirl’sandmine,andinthehighgoodfortunethatawaitsher.’

           

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