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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           Wemaycometoitatonce.’

           ‘Thecausethen,ma’am,’saidMrMeagles,‘isTattycoram.’

           ‘SoIsupposed.’

           ‘MissWade,’saidMrMeagles,‘willyoubesokindastosaywhetheryouknowanythingofher?’

           ‘Surely.Iknowsheisherewithme.’

           ‘Then,ma’am,’saidMrMeagles,‘allowmetomakeknowntoyouthatIshallbehappytohaveherback,andthatmywifeanddaughterwillbehappytohaveherback.Shehasbeenwithusalongtime:wedon’tforgetherclaimsuponus,andIhopeweknowhowtomakeallowances.’

           ‘Youhopetoknowhowtomakeallowances?’shereturned,inalevel,measuredvoice.‘Forwhat?’

           ‘Ithinkmyfriendwouldsay,MissWade,’ArthurClennaminterposed,seeingMrMeaglesratherataloss,‘forthepassionatesensethatsometimescomesuponthepoorgirl,ofbeingatadisadvantage.Whichoccasionallygetsthebetterofbetterremembrances.’

           Theladybrokeintoasmileassheturnedhereyesuponhim.‘Indeed?’wasallsheanswered.

           ShestoodbythetablesoperfectlycomposedandstillafterthisacknowledgmentofhisremarkthatMrMeaglesstaredatherunderasortoffascination,andcouldnotevenlooktoClennamtomakeanothermove.Afterwaiting,awkwardlyenough,forsomemoments,Arthursaid:

           ‘PerhapsitwouldbewellifMrMeaglescouldseeher,MissWade?’

           ‘Thatiseasilydone,’saidshe.‘Comehere,child.’Shehadopenedadoorwhilesayingthis,andnowledthegirlinbythehand.

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