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Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           ‘sAunttocongratulateandofferbestwishes,AgreatdealsuperiortoChinanottobedeniedandmuchnearerthoughhigherup!’

           ‘Iamveryhappytoseeyou,’saidClennam,‘andIthankyou,Flora,verymuchforyourkindremembrance.’

           ‘MorethanIcansaymyselfatanyrate,’returnedFlora,‘forImighthavebeendeadandburiedtwentydistincttimesoverandnodoubtwhatevershouldhavebeenbeforeyouhadgenuinelyrememberedMeoranythinglikeitinspiteofwhichonelastremarkIwishtomake,onelastexplanationIwishtooffer—’

           ‘MydearMrsFinching,’Arthurremonstratedinalarm.

           ‘Ohnotthatdisagreeablename,sayFlora!’

           ‘Flora,isitworthtroublingyourselfafreshtoenterintoexplanations?Iassureyounoneareneeded.Iamsatisfied—Iamperfectlysatisfied.’

           Adiversionwasoccasionedhere,byMrF.‘sAuntmakingthefollowinginexorableandawfulstatement:

           ‘There’smile-stonesontheDoverroad!’

           Withsuchmortalhostilitytowardsthehumanracedidshedischargethismissile,thatClennamwasquiteatalosshowtodefendhimself;theratherashehadbeenalreadyperplexedinhismindbythehonourofavisitfromthisvenerablelady,whenitwasplainsheheldhimintheutmostabhorrence.Hecouldnotbutlookatherwithdisconcertment,asshesatbreathingbitternessandscorn,andstaringleaguesaway.Flora,however,receivedtheremarkasifithadbeenofamostappositeandagreeablenature;approvinglyobservingaloudthatMrF.‘sAunthadagreatdealofspirit.

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