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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           Althoughnotanopenface,therewasnopretenceinit.‘Iamself-containedandself-reliant;youropinionisnothingtome;Ihavenointerestinyou,carenothingforyou,andseeandhearyouwithindifference’—thisitsaidplainly.Itsaidsointheproudeyes,intheliftednostril,inthehandsomebutcompressedandevencruelmouth.Covereithertwoofthosechannelsofexpression,andthethirdwouldhavesaidsostill.Maskthemall,andthemereturnoftheheadwouldhaveshownanunsubduablenature.

           Pethadmoveduptoher(shehadbeenthesubjectofremarkamongherfamilyandMrClennam,whowerenowtheonlyotheroccupantsoftheroom),andwasstandingatherside.

           ‘Areyou’—sheturnedhereyes,andPetfaltered—‘expectinganyonetomeetyouhere,MissWade?’

           ‘I?No.’

           ‘FatherissendingtothePosteRestante.Shallhehavethepleasureofdirectingthemessengertoaskifthereareanylettersforyou?’

           ‘Ithankhim,butIknowtherecanbenone.’

           ‘Weareafraid,’saidPet,sittingdownbesideher,shylyandhalftenderly,‘thatyouwillfeelquitedesertedwhenweareallgone.’

           ‘Indeed!’

           ‘Not,’saidPet,apologeticallyandembarrassedbyhereyes,‘not,ofcourse,thatweareanycompanytoyou,orthatwehavebeenabletobeso,orthatwethoughtyouwishedit.’

           ‘IhavenotintendedtomakeitunderstoodthatIdidwishit.’

           ‘No.Ofcourse.But—inshort,’saidPet,timidlytouchingherhandasitlayimpassiveonthesofabetweenthem,‘willyounotallowFathertotenderyouanyslightassistanceorservice?Hewillbeveryglad.

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