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Gaunt House

           "ThesearethekindsofepitaphswhichmenpassoveroneanotherinVanityFair.

           Twiceorthriceinaweek,intheearliestmorning,thepoormotherwentforhersinsandsawthepoorinvalid.Sometimeshelaughedather(andhislaughterwasmorepitifulthantohearhimcry);sometimesshefoundthebrilliantdandydiplomatistoftheCongressofViennadraggingaboutachild’stoy,ornursingthekeeper’sbaby’sdoll.SometimesheknewherandFatherMole,herdirectorandcompanion;oftenerheforgother,ashehaddonewife,children,love,ambition,vanity.Butherememberedhisdinner-hour,andusedtocryifhiswine-and-waterwasnotstrongenough.

           Itwasthemysterioustaintoftheblood;thepoormotherhadbroughtitfromherownancientrace.Theevilhadbrokenoutonceortwiceinthefather’sfamily,longbeforeLadySteyne’ssinshadbegun,orherfastsandtearsandpenanceshadbeenofferedintheirexpiation.Theprideoftheracewasstruckdownasthefirst-bornofPharaoh.Thedarkmarkoffateanddoomwasonthethresholdthetalloldthresholdsurmountedbycoronetsandcanedheraldry.

           Theabsentlord’schildrenmeanwhileprattledandgrewonquiteunconsciousthatthedoomwasoverthemtoo.Firsttheytalkedoftheirfatheranddevisedplansagainsthisreturn.Thenthenameofthelivingdeadmanwaslessfrequentlyintheirmouththennotmentionedatall.

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