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Chapter 5
JacksoninanarmchairnearthefireintheGothiclibraryandhandedhimacigar.Mr.Jacksonsankintothearmchairwithsatisfaction,lithiscigarwithperfectconfidence(itwasNewlandwhoboughtthem),andstretchinghisthinoldanklestothecoals,said:"Yousaythesecretarymerelyhelpedhertogetaway,mydearfellow?Well,hewasstillhelpingherayearlater,then;forsomebodymet’emlivingatLausannetogether."Newlandreddened."Livingtogether?Well,whynot?Whohadtherighttomakeherlifeoverifshehadn’t?I’msickofthehypocrisythatwouldburyaliveawomanofherageifherhusbandpreferstolivewithharlots."Hestoppedandturnedawayangrilytolighthiscigar."Womenoughttobefree—asfreeasweare,"hedeclared,makingadiscoveryofwhichhewastooirritatedtomeasuretheterrificconsequences.Mr.SillertonJacksonstretchedhisanklesnearerthecoalsandemittedasardonicwhistle."Well,"hesaidafterapause,"apparentlyCountOlenskitakesyourview;forIneverheardofhishavingliftedafingertogethiswifeback."
