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Chapter 10. The Dreams of Mrs Flintwinch thicken

           Theshadowthickeningandthickeningasheapproacheditssource,hethoughtofthesecretsofthelonelychurch-vaults,wherethepeoplewhohadhoardedandsecretedinironcofferswereintheirturnsimilarlyhoarded,notyetatrestfromdoingharm;andthenofthesecretsoftheriver,asitrolleditsturbidtidebetweentwofrowningwildernessesofsecrets,extending,thickanddense,formanymiles,andwardingoffthefreeairandthefreecountrysweptbywindsandwingsofbirds.

           Theshadowstilldarkeningashedrewnearthehouse,themelancholyroomwhichhisfatherhadonceoccupied,hauntedbytheappealingfacehehadhimselfseenfadeawaywithhimwhentherewasnootherwatcherbythebed,arosebeforehismind.Itscloseairwassecret.Thegloom,andmust,anddustofthewholetenement,weresecret.Attheheartofithismotherpresided,inflexibleofface,indomitableofwill,firmlyholdingallthesecretsofherownandhisfather’slife,andausterelyopposingherself,fronttofront,tothegreatfinalsecretofalllife.

           Hehadturnedintothenarrowandsteepstreetfromwhichthecourtofenclosurewhereinthehousestoodopened,whenanotherfootstepturnedintoitbehindhim,andsocloseuponhisownthathewasjostledtothewall.Ashismindwasteemingwiththesethoughts,theencountertookhimaltogetherunprepared,sothattheotherpassengerhadhadtimetosay,boisterously,‘Pardon!Notmyfault!’andtopassonbeforetheinstanthadelapsedwhichwasrequisitetohisrecoveryoftherealitiesabouthim.

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