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Chapter 37

           NothingdisturbedthetranquillityoftheCastle,buttheoccasionaltumblingopenofJohnandMissSkiffins:whichlittledoorswereapreytosomespasmodicinfirmitythatmademesympatheticallyuncomfortableuntilIgotusedtoit.IinferredfromthemethodicalnatureofMissSkiffins’sarrangementsthatshemadeteathereeverySundaynight;andIrathersuspectedthataclassicbroochshewore,representingtheprofileofanundesirablefemalewithaverystraightnoseandaverynewmoon,wasapieceofportablepropertythathadbeengivenherbyWemmick.

           Weatethewholeofthetoast,anddrankteainproportion,anditwasdelightfultoseehowwarmandgreasyweallgotafterit.TheAgedespecially,mighthavepassedforsomecleanoldchiefofasavagetribe,justoiled.Afterashortpauseofrepose,MissSkiffinsintheabsenceofthelittleservantwho,itseemed,retiredtothebosomofherfamilyonSundayafternoonswashedupthetea-things,inatriflinglady-likeamateurmannerthatcompromisednoneofus.Then,sheputonherglovesagain,andwedrewroundthefire,andWemmicksaid,"Now,AgedParent,tipusthepaper."

           WemmickexplainedtomewhiletheAgedgothisspectaclesout,thatthiswasaccordingtocustom,andthatitgavetheoldgentlemaninfinitesatisfactiontoreadthenewsaloud."Iwon’tofferanapology,"saidWemmick,"forheisn’tcapableofmanypleasuresareyou,AgedP.?"

           "Allright,John,allright,"returnedtheoldman,seeinghimselfspokento.

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