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Fading Away

           

           ‘Ihavecometospeaktoyou,inconsequenceofwhatpassedjustnow.Ishouldliketobeserviceabletoyou,ifyouwillletme.Isthisyourwife?’

           Rachaelraisedhereyes,andtheysufficientlyansweredno,anddroppedagain.

           ‘Iremember,’saidLouisa,reddeningathermistake;‘Irecollect,now,tohaveheardyourdomesticmisfortunesspokenof,thoughIwasnotattendingtotheparticularsatthetime.Itwasnotmymeaningtoaskaquestionthatwouldgivepaintoanyonehere.IfIshouldaskanyotherquestionthatmayhappentohavethatresult,givemecredit,ifyouplease,forbeinginignorancehowtospeaktoyouasIought.’

           AsStephenhadbutalittlewhileagoinstinctivelyaddressedhimselftoher,soshenowinstinctivelyaddressedherselftoRachael.Hermannerwasshortandabrupt,yetfalteringandtimid.

           ‘Hehastoldyouwhathaspassedbetweenhimselfandmyhusband?Youwouldbehisfirstresource,Ithink.’

           ‘Ihaveheardtheendofit,younglady,’saidRachael.

           ‘DidIunderstand,that,beingrejectedbyoneemployer,hewouldprobablyberejectedbyall?Ithoughthesaidasmuch?’

           ‘Thechancesareverysmall,youngladynexttonothingforamanwhogetsabadnameamongthem.’

           ‘WhatshallIunderstandthatyoumeanbyabadname?’

           ‘Thenameofbeingtroublesome.

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