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           ‘Howdidithappen?’

           ‘Why,Jeremiah,o’course,’saidAffery,withanendofthepillow-casebetweenherteeth.

           ‘Ofcourseheproposedit,buthowdiditallcomeabout?Ishouldhavethoughtthatneitherofyouwouldhavemarried;leastofallshouldIhavethoughtofyourmarryingeachother.’

           ‘NomoreshouldI,’saidMrsFlintwinch,tyingthepillowtightlyinitscase.

           ‘That’swhatImean.Whendidyoubegintothinkotherwise?’

           ‘Neverbeguntothinkotherwiseatall,’saidMrsFlintwinch.

           Seeing,asshepattedthepillowintoitsplaceonthebolster,thathewasstilllookingatherasifwaitingfortherestofherreply,shegaveitagreatpokeinthemiddle,andasked,‘HowcouldIhelpmyself?’

           ‘Howcouldyouhelpyourselffrombeingmarried!’

           ‘O’course,’saidMrsFlintwinch.‘Itwasnodoingo’mine.I’dneverthoughtofit.I’dgotsomethingtodo,withoutthinking,indeed!Shekeptmetoit(aswellashe)whenshecouldgoabout,andshecouldgoaboutthen.’

           ‘Well?’

           ‘Well?’echoedMrsFlintwinch.‘That’swhatIsaidmyself.Well!What’stheuseofconsidering?Ifthemtwocleveroneshavemadeuptheirmindstoit,what’sleftformetodo?Nothing.’

           ‘Wasitmymother’sproject,then?’

           ‘TheLordblessyou,Arthur,andforgivemethewish!’criedAffery,speakingalwaysinalowtone.‘Iftheyhadn’tbeenbothofamindinit,howcoulditeverhavebeen?Jeremiahnevercourtedme;t’antlikelythathewould,afterlivinginthehousewithmeandorderingmeaboutforasmanyyearsashe’ddone.

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