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Chapter 13. Patriarchal

           

           MeanwhileFlorawasmurmuringinrapidsnatchesforhisear,thattherewasatimeandthatthepastwasayawninggulfhoweverandthatagoldenchainnolongerboundhimandthatshereveredthememoryofthelateMrF.andthatsheshouldbeathometo-morrowathalf-pastoneandthatthedecreesofFatewerebeyondrecallandthatsheconsiderednothingsoimprobableasthatheeverwalkedonthenorth-westsideofGray’s-InnGardensatexactlyfouro’clockintheafternoon.HetriedatpartingtogivehishandinfranknesstotheexistingFlora—notthevanishedFlora,orthemermaid—butFlorawouldn’thaveit,couldn’thaveit,waswhollydestituteofthepowerofseparatingherselfandhimfromtheirbygonecharacters.Heleftthehousemiserablyenough;andsomuchmorelight-headedthanever,thatifithadnotbeenhisgoodfortunetobetowedaway,hemight,forthefirstquarterofanhour,havedriftedanywhere.

           Whenhebegantocometohimself,inthecoolerairandtheabsenceofFlora,hefoundPancksatfullspeed,croppingsuchscantypasturageofnailsashecouldfind,andsnortingatintervals.These,inconjunctionwithonehandinhispocketandhisroughenedhathindsidebefore,wereevidentlytheconditionsunderwhichhereflected.

           ‘Afreshnight!’saidArthur.

           ‘Yes,it’sprettyfresh,’assentedPancks.‘AsastrangeryoufeeltheclimatemorethanIdo,Idaresay.IndeedIhaven’tgottimetofeelit.’

           ‘Youleadsuchabusylife?’

           ‘Yes,Ihavealwayssomeof‘emtolookup,orsomethingtolookafter.

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