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Chapter 30. Closing in

           ‘I,becauseIwillnotenduretobeshownmyself,andhavemyselfshowntoanyone,withyourhorribledistortionuponme.You,withyourpracticesofinfamousforeignprisonsandgalleyswouldmakeitthemoneythatimpelledme.Itwasnotthemoney.’

           ‘Bah,bah,bah!Irepudiate,forthemoment,mypoliteness,andsay,Lies,lies,lies.Youknowyousuppressedthedeedandkeptthemoney.’

           ‘Notforthemoney’ssake,wretch!’Shemadeastruggleasifshewerestartingup;evenasif,inhervehemence,shehadalmostrisenonherdisabledfeet.‘IfGilbertClennam,reducedtoimbecility,atthepointofdeath,andlabouringunderthedelusionofsomeimaginaryrelentingtowardsagirlofwhomhehadheardthathisnephewhadoncehadafancyforherwhichhehadcrushedoutofhim,andthatsheafterwardsdroopedawayintomelancholyandwithdrawalfromallwhoknewher—if,inthatstateofweakness,hedictatedtome,whoselifeshehaddarkenedwithhersin,andwhohadbeenappointedtoknowherwickednessfromherownhandandherownlips,abequestmeantasarecompensetoherforsupposedunmeritedsuffering;wastherenodifferencebetweenmyspurningthatinjustice,andcovetingmeremoney—athingwhichyou,andyourcomradesintheprisons,maystealfromanyone?’

           ‘Timepresses,madame.Takecare!’

           ‘Ifthishousewasblazingfromtherooftotheground,’shereturned,‘Iwouldstayinittojustifymyselfagainstmyrighteousmotivesbeingclassedwiththoseofstabbersandthieves.’

           Rigaudsnappedhisfingerstauntinglyinherface.

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