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Chapter 30. Closing in

           

           ‘Thenephew,being,asthelucidMadameFlintwinchhasremarked,apoordevilwhohashadeverythingbuthisorphanlifefrightenedandfamishedoutofhim—thenephewabaseshishead,andmakesresponse:“Myuncle,itistoyoutocommand.Doasyouwill!”Monsieur,theuncle,doesashewill.Itiswhathealwaysdoes.Theauspiciousnuptialstakeplace;thenewlymarriedcomehometothischarmingmansion;theladyisreceived,letussuppose,byFlintwinch.Hey,oldintriguer?’

           Jeremiah,withhiseyesuponhismistress,madenoreply.Rigaudlookedfromonetotheother,struckhisuglynose,andmadeacluckingwithhistongue.

           ‘Soontheladymakesasingularandexcitingdiscovery.Thereupon,fullofanger,fullofjealousy,fullofvengeance,sheforms—seeyou,madame!—aschemeofretribution,theweightofwhichsheingeniouslyforceshercrushedhusbandtobearhimself,aswellasexecuteuponherenemy.Whatsuperiorintelligence!’

           ‘Keepoff,Jeremiah!’criedthepalpitatingAffery,takingherapronfromhermouthagain.‘Butitwasoneofmydreams,thatyoutoldher,whenyouquarrelledwithheronewintereveningatdusk—thereshesitsandyoulookingather—thatsheoughtn’ttohaveletArthurwhenhecomehome,suspecthisfatheronly;thatshehadalwayshadthestrengthandthepower;andthatsheoughttohavestoodupmoretoArthur,forhisfather.Itwasinthesamedreamwhereyousaidtoherthatshewasnot—notsomething,butIdon’tknowwhat,forsheburstouttremendousandstoppedyou.YouknowthedreamaswellasIdo.

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