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Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           Isawit.’

           ‘Tobesureitwasintheopenstreet,’sheobserved,afterafewmomentsoflessandlessangryreflection.‘Fiftypeoplemighthaveseenit.Itwouldhavesignifiednothingiftheyhad.’

           ‘NordoImakemyhavingseenitofanymoment,nor(otherwisethanasanexplanationofmycominghere)doIconnectmyvisitwithitorthefavourthatIhavetoask.’

           ‘Oh!Youhavetoaskafavour!Itoccurredtome,’andthehandsomefacelookedbitterlyathim,‘thatyourmannerwassoftened,MrClennam.’

           Hewascontenttoprotestagainstthisbyaslightactionwithoutcontestingitinwords.HethenreferredtoBlandois’disappearance,ofwhichitwasprobableshehadheard?Howeverprobableitwastohim,shehadheardofnosuchthing.Lethimlookroundhim(shesaid)andjudgeforhimselfwhatgeneralintelligencewaslikelytoreachtheearsofawomanwhohadbeenshutuptherewhileitwasrife,devouringherownheart.Whenshehadutteredthisdenial,whichhebelievedtobetrue,sheaskedhimwhathemeantbydisappearance?Thatledtohisnarratingthecircumstancesindetail,andexpressingsomethingofhisanxietytodiscoverwhathadreallybecomeoftheman,andtorepelthedarksuspicionsthatcloudedabouthismother’shouse.Sheheardhimwithevidentsurprise,andwithmoremarksofsuppressedinterestthanhehadseeninher;stilltheydidnotovercomeherdistant,proud,andself-secludedmanner.

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