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Chapter 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream

           

           ‘SolongasLittleDorritisquietandindustrious,andstandsinneedoftheslighthelpIcangiveher,anddeservesit;solong,Isuppose,unlessshewithdrawsofherownact,shewillcontinuetocomehere,Ibeingspared.’

           ‘Nothingmorethanthat?’saidFlintwinch,strokinghismouthandchin.

           ‘Whatshouldtherebemorethanthat!Whatcouldtherebemorethanthat!’sheejaculatedinhersternlywonderingway.

           MrsFlintwinchdreamed,that,forthespaceofaminuteortwo,theyremainedlookingateachotherwiththecandlebetweenthem,andthatshesomehowderivedanimpressionthattheylookedateachotherfixedly.

           ‘Doyouhappentoknow,MrsClennam,’Affery’sliegelordthendemandedinamuchlowervoice,andwithanamountofexpressionthatseemedquiteoutofproportiontothesimplepurposeofhiswords,‘whereshelives?’

           ‘No.’

           ‘Wouldyou—now,wouldyouliketoknow?’saidJeremiahwithapounceasifhehadsprunguponher.

           ‘IfIcaredtoknow,Ishouldknowalready.CouldInothaveaskedheranyday?’

           ‘Thenyoudon’tcaretoknow?’

           ‘Idonot.’

           MrFlintwinch,havingexpelledalongsignificantbreathsaid,withhisformeremphasis,‘ForIhaveaccidentally—mind!—foundout.’

           ‘Wherevershelives,’saidMrsClennam,speakinginoneunmodulatedhardvoice,andseparatingherwordsasdistinctlyasifshewerereadingthemofffromseparatebitsofmetalthatshetookuponebyone,‘shehasmadeasecretofit,andsheshallalwayskeephersecretfromme.

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