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Chapter 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming

           

           ThestateofmindintowhichMrFlintwinch’sdazedladyhadfallen,hadnowbeguntobesoexpressedinallherlooksandactionsthatshewasheldinverylowaccountbythetwocleverones,asaperson,neverofstrongintellect,whowasbecomingfoolish.Perhapsbecauseherappearancewasnotofacommercialcast,orperhapsbecauseitoccurredtohimthathishavingtakenhertowifemightexposehisjudgmenttodoubtinthemindsofcustomers,MrFlintwinchlaidhiscommandsuponherthatsheshouldholdherpeaceonthesubjectofherconjugalrelations,andshouldnolongercallhimJeremiahoutofthedomestictrio.Herfrequentforgetfulnessofthisadmonitionintensifiedherstartledmanner,sinceMrFlintwinch’shabitofavenginghimselfonherremissnessbymakingspringsafterheronthestaircase,andshakingher,occasionedhertobealwaysnervouslyuncertainwhenshemightbethuswaylaidnext.

           LittleDorrithadfinishedalongday’sworkinMrsClennam’sroom,andwasneatlygatheringuphershredsandoddsandendsbeforegoinghome.MrPancks,whomAfferyhadjustshownin,wasaddressinganinquirytoMrsClennamonthesubjectofherhealth,coupledwiththeremarkthat,‘happeningtofindhimselfinthatdirection,’hehadlookedintoinquire,onbehalfofhisproprietor,howshefoundherself.MrsClennam,withadeepcontractionofherbrows,waslookingathim.

           ‘MrCasbyknows,’saidshe,‘thatIamnotsubjecttochanges.ThechangethatIawaithereisthegreatchange.

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