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Chapter 39

           ‘Whynot?’

           ‘Suchanumberofnights,’saidthegirl,withatouchofwoman’stenderness,whichcommunicatedsomethinglikesweetnessoftone,eventohervoice:‘suchanumberofnightsasI’vebeenpatientwithyou,nursingandcaringforyou,asifyouhadbeenachild:andthisthefirstthatI’veseenyoulikeyourself;youwouldn’thaveservedmeasyoudidjustnow,ifyou’dthoughtofthat,wouldyou?Come,come;sayyouwouldn’t.

           ‘Well,then,’rejoinedMr.Sikes,‘Iwouldn’t.Why,damme,now,thegirls’swhiningagain!’

           ‘It’snothing,’saidthegirl,throwingherselfintoachair.‘Don’tyouseemtomindme.It’llsoonbeover.

           ‘What’llbeover?’demandedMr.Sikesinasavagevoice.‘Whatfooleryareyouupto,now,again?Getupandbustleabout,anddon’tcomeovermewithyourwoman’snonsense.

           Atanyothertime,thisremonstrance,andthetoneinwhichitwasdelivered,wouldhavehadthedesiredeffect;butthegirlbeingreallyweakandexhausted,droppedherheadoverthebackofthechair,andfainted,beforeMr.Sikescouldgetoutafewoftheappropriateoathswithwhich,onsimilaroccasions,hewasaccustomedtogarnishhisthreats.Notknowing,verywell,whattodo,inthisuncommonemergency;forMissNancy’shystericswereusuallyofthatviolentkindwhichthepatientfightsandstrugglesoutof,withoutmuchassistance;Mr.Sikestriedalittleblasphemy:andfindingthatmodeoftreatmentwhollyineffectual,calledforassistance.

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