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Effects in the Bank

           ‘Fiveandthirty,good-looking,goodfigure,goodteeth,goodvoice,goodbreeding,well-dressed,darkhair,boldeyes.’AllwhichMrs.SparsitobservedinherwomanlywayliketheSultanwhoputhisheadinthepailofwatermerelyindippingdownandcomingupagain.

           ‘Pleasetobeseated,sir,’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Thankyou.Allowme.’Heplacedachairforher,butremainedhimselfcarelesslyloungingagainstthetable.‘Ileftmyservantattherailwaylookingaftertheluggageveryheavytrainandvastquantityofitinthevanandstrolledon,lookingaboutme.Exceedinglyoddplace.Willyouallowmetoaskyouifit’salwaysasblackasthis?’

           ‘Ingeneralmuchblacker,’returnedMrs.Sparsit,inheruncompromisingway.

           ‘Isitpossible!Excuseme:youarenotanative,Ithink?’

           ‘No,sir,’returnedMrs.Sparsit.‘Itwasoncemygoodorillfortune,asitmaybebeforeIbecameawidowtomoveinaverydifferentsphere.MyhusbandwasaPowler.’

           ‘Begyourpardon,really!’saidthestranger.‘Was?’

           Mrs.Sparsitrepeated,‘APowler.’

           ‘PowlerFamily,’saidthestranger,afterreflectingafewmoments.Mrs.Sparsitsignifiedassent.Thestrangerseemedalittlemorefatiguedthanbefore.

           ‘Youmustbeverymuchboredhere?’wastheinferencehedrewfromthecommunication.

           ‘Iamtheservantofcircumstances,sir,’saidMrs.Sparsit,‘andIhavelongadaptedmyselftothegoverningpowerofmylife.

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