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Chapter 9. Appearance and Disappearance

           Hewasbeginningtowonderwheretheymightbegoingnext,whenthatwonderwaslostinthegreaterwonderwithwhichhesawthemturnintothePatriarchalstreet.ThatwonderwasinitsturnswalloweduponthegreaterwonderwithwhichhesawthemstopatthePatriarchaldoor.Alowdoubleknockatthebrightbrassknocker,agleamoflightintotheroadfromtheopeneddoor,abriefpauseforinquiryandanswerandthedoorwasshut,andtheywerehoused.

           Afterlookingatthesurroundingobjectsforassurancethathewasnotinanodddream,andafterpacingalittlewhilebeforethehouse,Arthurknockedatthedoor.Itwasopenedbytheusualmaid-servant,andsheshowedhimupatonce,withherusualalacrity,toFlora’ssitting-room.

           TherewasnoonewithFlorabutMrF.‘sAunt,whichrespectablegentlewoman,baskinginabalmyatmosphereofteaandtoast,wasensconcedinaneasy-chairbythefireside,withalittletableatherelbow,andacleanwhitehandkerchiefspreadoverherlaponwhichtwopiecesoftoastatthatmomentawaitedconsumption.Bendingoverasteamingvesseloftea,andlookingthroughthesteam,andbreathingforththesteam,likeamalignantChineseenchantressengagedintheperformanceofunholyrites,MrF.‘sAuntputdownhergreatteacupandexclaimed,‘Drathim,ifhean’tcomebackagain!’

           ItwouldseemfromtheforegoingexclamationthatthisuncompromisingrelativeofthelamentedMrF.

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