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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           Theyhadtriedhimafewtimeswithpinchesofsnuffofferedovertherails,andhehadalwaysrespondedtothisattentionwithamomentarywakingupofmannerthathadthepalephantomofagentlemaninit:beyondthishenever,onanyoccasion,hadanyotherpartinwhatwasgoingonthanthepartwrittenoutfortheclarionet;inprivatelife,wheretherewasnopartfortheclarionet,hehadnopartatall.Somesaidhewaspoor,somesaidhewasawealthymiser;buthesaidnothing,neverlifteduphisbowedhead,nevervariedhisshufflinggaitbygettinghisspringlessfootfromtheground.Thoughexpectingnowtobesummonedbyhisniece,hedidnothearheruntilshehadspokentohimthreeorfourtimes;norwasheatallsurprisedbythepresenceoftwoniecesinsteadofone,butmerelysaidinhistremulousvoice,‘Iamcoming,Iamcoming!’andcreptforthbysomeundergroundwaywhichemittedacellaroussmell.

           ‘Andso,Amy,’saidhersister,whenthethreetogetherpassedoutatthedoorthathadsuchashame-facedconsciousnessofbeingdifferentfromotherdoors:theuncleinstinctivelytakingAmy’sarmasthearmtobereliedon:‘so,Amy,youarecuriousaboutme?’

           Shewaspretty,andconscious,andratherflaunting;andthecondescensionwithwhichsheputasidethesuperiorityofhercharms,andofherworldlyexperience,andaddressedhersisteronalmostequalterms,hadavastdealofthefamilyinit.

           ‘Iaminterested,Fanny,andconcernedinanythingthatconcernsyou.’

           ‘Soyouare,soyouare,andyouarethebestofAmys.

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