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Hearing the Last of it

           Iamnotcurioustoknowyourmeaning.Whatdoesitmatter?’

           Nothingmorewassaidonthistheme,andMr.Harthousewassoonidlygayonindifferentsubjects.Butfromthisday,theSparsitactionuponMr.BounderbythrewLouisaandJamesHarthousemoretogether,andstrengthenedthedangerousalienationfromherhusbandandconfidenceagainsthimwithanother,intowhichshehadfallenbydegreessofinethatshecouldnotretracethemifshetried.Butwhethersheevertriedorno,layhiddeninherownclosedheart.

           Mrs.Sparsitwassomuchaffectedonthisparticularoccasion,that,assistingMr.Bounderbytohishatafterbreakfast,andbeingthenalonewithhiminthehall,sheimprintedachastekissuponhishand,murmured‘Mybenefactor!’andretired,overwhelmedwithgrief.Yetitisanindubitablefact,withinthecognizanceofthishistory,thatfiveminutesafterhehadleftthehouseintheself-samehat,thesamedescendantoftheScadgersesandconnexionbymatrimonyofthePowlers,shookherright-handmittenathisportrait,madeacontemptuousgrimaceatthatworkofart,andsaid‘Serveyouright,youNoodle,andIamgladofit.’

           Mr.Bounderbyhadnotbeenlonggone,whenBitzerappeared.Bitzerhadcomedownbytrain,shriekingandrattlingoverthelonglineofarchesthatbestrodethewildcountryofpastandpresentcoal-pits,withanexpressfromStoneLodge.ItwasahastynotetoinformLouisathatMrs.Gradgrindlayveryill.

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