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Chapter 15

           NevershallIforgetthebewilderedamazementofthescrubbylittleeditorofasixpennymagazinewhometmefacetofacethusaccompaniedintheParkonemorning!ThatheknewtheEarlofEltonbysightwasevident,andthathealsoknewmehisapoplecticstareconfessed.HehadpompouslyrefusedtoevenreadanyofmyofferedcontributionsonthegroundthatIhad‘noname,’—andnow—hewouldhavegivenamonth’ssalaryifIhadbutcondescendedtorecognizehim!Ididnotsocondescend—butpassedhimby,listeningto,andlaughingwithmyintendedfuturefather-in-law,whowasretailinganextremelyancientjokeformybenefit.Theincidentwasslight,eventrumpery—yetitputmeinagoodhumour,foroneofthechiefestpleasuresIhadoutofmywealthwastheabilitytorepaywithvengefulinterestallthecontemptandinsultthathadbeatenmebackfromeverychanceofearningalivelihoodwhileIwaspoor.

           InallmyvisitstotheEltons,IneversawtheparalysedCountessagain.Sincethelastterriblevisitationofherdreaddisease,shehadnotmoved.Shemerelylivedandbreathed—nomore.LordEltontoldmethattheworstpartofherillnessatpresent,sofarasitaffectedthosewhohadtoattenduponher,wastheparticularlyhideousalterationofherface.

           "Thefactis,"hesaid,notwithoutashudder—"she’sdreadfultolookat—positivelydreadful!—nolongerhuman,youknow.Sheusedtobealovelywoman—nowsheisliterallyfrightful.

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