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Chapter 30. The Word of a Gentleman

           DomethefavourtoaddthatIshallbehappytowaitonMrsClennam,tooffermypersonalcompliments,andtoapologiseforhavingoccasionedanyagitationinthistranquilcorner,ifitshouldsuitherconveniencetoendurethepresenceofastrangerforafewminutes,afterheshallhavechangedhiswetclothesandfortifiedhimselfwithsomethingtoeatanddrink.’

           Jeremiahmadealldespatch,andsaid,onhisreturn,‘She’llbegladtoseeyou,sir;but,beingconsciousthathersickroomhasnoattractions,wishesmetosaythatshewon’tholdyoutoyouroffer,incaseyoushouldthinkbetterofit.’

           ‘Tothinkbetterofit,’returnedthegallantBlandois,‘wouldbetoslightalady;toslightaladywouldbetobedeficientinchivalrytowardsthesex;andchivalrytowardsthesexisapartofmycharacter!’Thusexpressinghimself,hethrewthedraggledskirtofhiscloakoverhisshoulder,andaccompaniedMrFlintwinchtothetavern;takingupontheroadaporterwhowaswaitingwithhisportmanteauontheoutersideofthegateway.

           Thehousewaskeptinahomelymanner,andthecondescensionofMrBlandoiswasinfinite.Itseemedtofilltoinconveniencethelittlebarinwhichthewidowlandladyandhertwodaughtersreceivedhim;itwasmuchtoobigforthenarrowwainscotedroomwithabagatelle-boardinit,thatwasfirstproposedforhisreception;itperfectlyswampedthelittleprivateholidaysitting-roomofthefamily,whichwasfinallygivenuptohim.

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