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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           Heobservedthelookandsaid,‘Tomymother,ofcourse.Shedoeswhatshepleases.’

           ‘Andifanypleasure,’shesaidafterashortpause,‘couldariseformeoutofthedisappointmentofmyexpectationsthatmyson,intheprimeofhislife,wouldinfusenewyouthandstrengthintoit,andmakeitofgreatprofitandpower,itwouldbeinadvancinganoldandfaithfulservant.Jeremiah,thecaptaindesertstheship,butyouandIwillsinkorfloatwithit.’

           Jeremiah,whoseeyesglistenedasiftheysawmoney,dartedasuddenlookattheson,whichseemedtosay,‘Ioweyounothanksforthis;youhavedonenothingtowardsit!’andthentoldthemotherthathethankedher,andthatAfferythankedher,andthathewouldneverdeserther,andthatAfferywouldneverdeserther.Finally,hehauleduphiswatchfromitsdepths,andsaid,‘Eleven.Timeforyouroysters!’andwiththatchangeofsubject,whichinvolvednochangeofexpressionormanner,rangthebell.

           ButMrsClennam,resolvedtotreatherselfwiththegreaterrigourforhavingbeensupposedtobeunacquaintedwithreparation,refusedtoeatheroysterswhentheywerebrought.Theylookedtempting;eightinnumber,circularlysetoutonawhiteplateonatraycoveredwithawhitenapkin,flankedbyasliceofbutteredFrenchroll,andalittlecompactglassofcoolwineandwater;butsheresistedallpersuasions,andsentthemdownagain—placingtheacttohercredit,nodoubt,inherEternalDay-Book.

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