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Chapter 13. Patriarchal

           

           ‘Oneremark,’saidFlora,givingtheirconversation,withouttheslightestnoticeandtothegreatterrorofClennam,thetoneofalove-quarrel,‘Iwishtomake,oneexplanationIwishtooffer,whenyourMamacameandmadeasceneofitwithmyPapaandwhenIwascalleddownintothelittlebreakfast-roomwheretheywerelookingatoneanotherwithyourMama’sparasolbetweenthemseatedontwochairslikemadbullswhatwasItodo?’

           ‘MydearMrsFinching,’urgedClennam—‘allsolongagoandsolongconcluded,isitworthwhileseriouslyto—’

           ‘Ican’tArthur,’returnedFlora,‘bedenouncedasheartlessbythewholesocietyofChinawithoutsettingmyselfrightwhenIhavetheopportunityofdoingso,andyoumustbeverywellawarethattherewasPaulandVirginiawhichhadtobereturnedandwhichwasreturnedwithoutnoteorcomment,notthatImeantosayyoucouldhavewrittentomewatchedasIwasbutifithadonlycomebackwitharedwaferonthecoverIshouldhaveknownthatitmeantCometoPekinNankeenandWhat’sthethirdplace,barefoot.’

           ‘MydearMrsFinching,youwerenottoblame,andIneverblamedyou.Wewerebothtooyoung,toodependentandhelpless,todoanythingbutacceptourseparation.—Praythinkhowlongago,’gentlyremonstratedArthur.

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