Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           

           Leftalone,withtheexpressivelooksandgesturesofMrBaptist,otherwiseGiovanniBaptistaCavalletto,vividlybeforehim,Clennamenteredonawearyday.Itwasinvainthathetriedtocontrolhisattentionbydirectingittoanybusinessoccupationortrainofthought;itrodeatanchorbythehauntingtopic,andwouldholdtonootheridea.Asthoughacriminalshouldbechainedinastationaryboatonadeepclearriver,condemned,whatevercountlessleaguesofwaterflowedpasthim,alwaystoseethebodyofthefellow-creaturehehaddrownedlyingatthebottom,immovable,andunchangeable,exceptastheeddiesmadeitbroadorlong,nowexpanding,nowcontractingitsterriblelineaments;soArthur,belowtheshiftingcurrentoftransparentthoughtsandfancieswhichweregoneandsucceededbyothersassoonascome,saw,steadyanddark,andnottobestirredfromitsplace,theonesubjectthatheendeavouredwithallhismighttoridhimselfof,andthathecouldnotflyfrom.

           Theassurancehenowhad,thatBlandois,whateverhisrightname,wasoneoftheworstofcharacters,greatlyaugmentedtheburdenofhisanxieties.Thoughthedisappearanceshouldbeaccountedforto-morrow,thefactthathismotherhadbeenincommunicationwithsuchaman,wouldremainunalterable.

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