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Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           Therelicsofthosedelicacieswerenotyetremoved,eitherfromthetableorfromthescorchedcountenanceofAffery,who,withthekitchentoasting-forkstillinherhand,lookedlikeasortofallegoricalpersonage;exceptthatshehadaconsiderableadvantageoverthegeneralrunofsuchpersonagesinpointofsignificantemblematicalpurpose.

           Florahadspreadherbonnetandshawluponthebed,withacareindicativeofanintentiontostaysometime.MrCasby,too,wasbeamingnearthehob,withhisbenevolentknobsshiningasifthewarmbutterofthetoastwereexudingthroughthepatriarchalskull,andwithhisfaceasruddyasifthecolouringmatteroftheanchovypasteweremantlinginthepatriarchalvisage.Seeingthis,asheexchangedtheusualsalutations,Clennamdecidedtospeaktohismotherwithoutpostponement.

           Ithadlongbeencustomary,assheneverchangedherroom,forthosewhohadanythingtosaytoherapart,towheelhertoherdesk;whereshesat,usuallywiththebackofherchairturnedtowardstherestoftheroom,andthepersonwhotalkedwithherseatedinacorner,onastoolwhichwasalwayssetinthatplaceforthatpurpose.Exceptthatitwaslongsincethemotherandsonhadspokentogetherwithouttheinterventionofathirdperson,itwasanordinarymatterofcoursewithintheexperienceofvisitorsforMrsClennamtobeasked,withawordofapologyfortheinterruption,ifshecouldbespokenwithonamatterofbusiness,and,onherreplyingintheaffirmative,tobewheeledintothepositiondescribed.

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