The Wanderer

           WehadaveryseriousconversationinBuckinghamStreetthatnight,aboutthedomesticoccurrencesIhavedetailedinthelastchapter.Myauntwasdeeplyinterestedinthem,andwalkedupanddowntheroomwithherarmsfolded,formorethantwohoursafterwards.Whenevershewasparticularlydiscomposed,shealwaysperformedoneofthesepedestrianfeats;andtheamountofherdiscomposuremightalwaysbeestimatedbythedurationofherwalk.Onthisoccasionshewassomuchdisturbedinmindastofinditnecessarytoopenthebedroomdoor,andmakeacourseforherself,comprisingthefullextentofthebedroomsfromwalltowall;andwhileMr.DickandIsatquietlybythefire,shekeptpassinginandout,alongthismeasuredtrack,atanunchangingpace,withtheregularityofaclock-pendulum.

           WhenmyauntandIwerelefttoourselvesbyMr.Dick’sgoingouttobed,Isatdowntowritemylettertothetwooldladies.Bythattimeshewastiredofwalking,andsatbythefirewithherdresstuckedupasusual.Butinsteadofsittinginherusualmanner,holdingherglassuponherknee,shesufferedittostandneglectedonthechimney-piece;and,restingherleftelbowonherrightarm,andherchinonherlefthand,lookedthoughtfullyatme.AsoftenasIraisedmyeyesfromwhatIwasabout,Imethers.

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