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Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           

           Hehandedheroneoftheprintedbills,whichshereadwithasteadyandattentiveface.

           ‘ThisismorethanIknewofhim,’shesaid,givingitback.Clennam’slooksexpressedhisheavydisappointment,perhapshisincredulity;forsheaddedinthesameunsympathetictone:‘Youdon’tbelieveit.Still,itisso.Astopersonalcommunication:itseemsthattherewaspersonalcommunicationbetweenhimandyourmother.Andyetyousayyoubelieveherdeclarationthatsheknowsnomoreofhim!’

           Asufficientlyexpressivehintofsuspicionwasconveyedinthesewords,andinthesmilebywhichtheywereaccompanied,tobringthebloodintoClennam’scheeks.

           ‘Come,sir,’shesaid,withacruelpleasureinrepeatingthestab,‘Iwillbeasopenwithyouasyoucandesire.IwillconfessthatifIcaredformycredit(whichIdonot),orhadagoodnametopreserve(whichIhavenot,forIamutterlyindifferenttoitsbeingconsideredgoodorbad),Ishouldregardmyselfasheavilycompromisedbyhavinghadanythingtodowiththisfellow.Yetheneverpassedinatmydoor—neversatincolloquywithmeuntilmidnight.’

           Shetookherrevengeforheroldgrudgeinthusturninghissubjectagainsthim.Herswasnotthenaturetosparehim,andshehadnocompunction.

           ‘Thatheisalow,mercenarywretch;thatIfirstsawhimprowlingaboutItaly(whereIwas,notlongago),andthatIhiredhimthere,asthesuitableinstrumentofapurposeIhappenedtohave;Ihavenoobjectiontotellyou.

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