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Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           Suchaman,comingbehindamuchyoungerandmorevigorousman,andhavingthewilltoputanendtohimandnorelenting,mightdoitprettysurelyinthatsolitaryplaceatalatehour.

           While,inthemorbidconditionofhisthoughts,thesethoughtsdriftedoverthemainonethatwasalwaysinClennam’smind,MrFlintwinch,regardingtheoppositehouseoverthegatewaywithhisnecktwistedandoneeyeshutup,stoodsmokingwithaviciousexpressionuponhim;moreasifheweretryingtobiteoffthestemofhispipe,thanasifhewereenjoyingit.Yethewasenjoyingitinhisownway.

           ‘You’llbeabletotakemylikeness,thenexttimeyoucall,Arthur,Ishouldthink,’saidMrFlintwinch,drily,ashestoopedtoknocktheashesout.

           Ratherconsciousandconfused,Arthuraskedhispardon,ifhehadstaredathimunpolitely.‘Butmymindrunssomuchuponthismatter,’hesaid,‘thatIlosemyself.’

           ‘Hah!YetIdon’tsee,’returnedMrFlintwinch,quiteathisleisure,‘whyitshouldtroubleyou,Arthur.’

           ‘No?’

           ‘No,’saidMrFlintwinch,veryshortlyanddecidedly:muchasifhewereofthecaninerace,andsnappedatArthur’shand.

           ‘Isitnothingtoseethoseplacardsabout?Isitnothingtometoseemymother’snameandresidencehawkedupanddowninsuchanassociation?’

           ‘Idon’tsee,’returnedMrFlintwinch,scrapinghishornycheek,‘thatitneedsignifymuchtoyou.

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