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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           Downinthecellars,asupinthebed-chambers,oldobjectsthathewellrememberedwerechangedbyageanddecay,butwerestillintheiroldplaces;eventoemptybeer-caskshoarywithcobwebs,andemptywine-bottleswithfurandfunguschokinguptheirthroats.There,too,amongunusualbottle-racksandpaleslantsoflightfromtheyardabove,wasthestrongroomstoredwitholdledgers,whichhadasmustyandcorruptasmellasiftheywereregularlybalanced,inthedeadsmallhours,byanightlyresurrectionofoldbook-keepers.

           Thebaking-dishwasservedupinapenitentialmanneronashrunkenclothatanendofthedining-table,attwoo’clock,whenhedinedwithMrFlintwinch,thenewpartner.MrFlintwinchinformedhimthathismotherhadrecoveredherequanimitynow,andthatheneednotfearheragainalludingtowhathadpassedinthemorning.‘Anddon’tyoulayoffencesatyourfather’sdoor,MrArthur,’addedJeremiah,‘onceforall,don’tdoit!Now,wehavedonewiththesubject.’

           MrFlintwinchhadbeenalreadyrearranginganddustinghisownparticularlittleoffice,asiftodohonourtohisaccessiontonewdignity.Heresumedthisoccupationwhenhewasrepletewithbeef,hadsuckedupallthegravyinthebaking-dishwiththeflatofhisknife,andhaddrawnliberallyonabarrelofsmallbeerinthescullery.Thusrefreshed,hetuckeduphisshirt-sleevesandwenttoworkagain;andMrArthur,watchinghimashesetaboutit,plainlysawthathisfather’spicture,orhisfather’sgrave,wouldbeascommunicativewithhimasthisoldman.

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