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Chapter 30. Closing in

           WhatamI?’

           JeremiahFlintwinch,whohadbeengraduallyscrewinghimselftowardsher,andwhowasnowverynearherelbowwithoutherknowingit,madeaspeciallywryfaceofobjectionwhenshesaidthesewords,andmoreovertwitchedhisgaiters,asifsuchpretensionswereequivalenttolittlebarbsinhislegs.

           ‘Lastly,’shecontinued,‘forIamattheendofthesethings,andIwillsaynomoreofthem,andyoushallsaynomoreofthem,andallthatremainswillbetodeterminewhethertheknowledgeofthemcanbekeptamonguswhoareherepresent;lastly,whenIsuppressedthatpaper,withtheknowledgeofArthur’sfather—’

           ‘Butnotwithhisconsent,youknow,’saidMrFlintwinch.

           ‘Whosaidwithhisconsent?’ShestartedtofindJeremiahsonearher,anddrewbackherhead,lookingathimwithsomerisingdistrust.‘YouwereoftenenoughbetweenuswhenhewouldhavehadmeproduceitandIwouldnot,tohavecontradictedmeifIhadsaid,withhisconsent.Isay,whenIsuppressedthatpaper,Imadenoefforttodestroyit,butkeptitbyme,hereinthishouse,manyyears.TherestoftheGilbertpropertybeinglefttoArthur’sfather,Icouldatanytime,withoutunsettlingmorethanthetwosums,havemadeapretenceoffindingit.But,besidesthatImusthavesupportedsuchpretencebyadirectfalsehood(agreatresponsibility),Ihaveseennonewreason,inallthetimeIhavebeentriedhere,tobringittolight.Itwasarewardingofsin;thewrongresultofadelusion.

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