Chapter 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream

           

           WhenMrsFlintwinchdreamed,sheusuallydreamed,unlikethesonofheroldmistress,withhereyesshut.Shehadacuriouslyvividdreamthatnight,andbeforeshehadleftthesonofheroldmistressmanyhours.Infactitwasnotatalllikeadream;itwassoveryrealineveryrespect.Ithappenedinthiswise.

           Thebed-chamberoccupiedbyMrandMrsFlintwinchwaswithinafewpacesofthattowhichMrsClennamhadbeensolongconfined.Itwasnotonthesamefloor,foritwasaroomatthesideofthehouse,whichwasapproachedbyasteepdescentofafewoddsteps,divergingfromthemainstaircasenearlyoppositetoMrsClennam’sdoor.Itcouldscarcelybesaidtobewithincall,thewalls,doors,andpanellingoftheoldplaceweresocumbrous;butitwaswithineasyreach,inanyundress,atanyhourofthenight,inanytemperature.AttheheadofthebedandwithinafootofMrsFlintwinch’sear,wasabell,thelineofwhichhungreadytoMrsClennam’shand.Wheneverthisbellrang,upstartedAffery,andwasinthesickroombeforeshewasawake.

           Havinggothermistressintobed,lightedherlamp,andgivenhergoodnight,MrsFlintwinchwenttoroostasusual,savingthatherlordhadnotyetappeared.Itwasherlordhimselfwhobecame—unlikethelastthemeinthemind,accordingtotheobservationofmostphilosophers—thesubjectofMrsFlintwinch’sdream.

           Itseemedtoherthatsheawokeaftersleepingsomehours,andfoundJeremiahnotyetabed.

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