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Chapter 9. Appearance and Disappearance

           

           ‘Noneofyoureyesatme,’saidMrF.‘sAunt,shiveringwithhostility.‘Takethat.’

           ‘That’wasthecrustofthepieceoftoast.Clennamacceptedtheboonwithalookofgratitude,andhelditinhishandunderthepressureofalittleembarrassment,whichwasnotrelievedwhenMrF.‘sAunt,elevatinghervoiceintoacryofconsiderablepower,exclaimed,‘Hehasaproudstomach,thischap!He’stooproudachaptoeatit!’and,comingoutofherchair,shookhervenerablefistsoveryclosetohisnoseastoticklethesurface.ButforthetimelyreturnofFlora,tofindhiminthisdifficultsituation,furtherconsequencesmighthaveensued.Flora,withouttheleastdiscomposureorsurprise,butcongratulatingtheoldladyinanapprovingmanneronbeing‘verylivelyto-night’,handedherbacktoherchair.

           ‘Hehasaproudstomach,thischap,’saidMrF.‘srelation,onbeingreseated.‘Givehimamealofchaff!’

           ‘Oh!Idon’tthinkhewouldlikethat,aunt,’returnedFlora.

           ‘Givehimamealofchaff,Itellyou,’saidMrF.‘sAunt,glaringroundFloraonherenemy.‘It’stheonlythingforaproudstomach.Lethimeatupeverymorsel.Drathim,givehimamealofchaff!’

           Underageneralpretenceofhelpinghimtothisrefreshment,Floragothimoutonthestaircase;MrF.‘sAunteventhenconstantlyreiterating,withinexpressiblebitterness,thathewas‘achap,’andhada‘proudstomach,’andoverandoveragaininsistingonthatequineprovisionbeingmadeforhimwhichshehadalreadysostronglyprescribed.

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