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The Boarding House

           MooneyglancedinstinctivelyatthelittlegiltclockonthemantelpieceassoonasshehadbecomeawarethroughherreverythatthebellsofGeorge’sChurchhadstoppedringing.Itwasseventeenminutespasteleven:shewouldhavelotsoftimetohavethematteroutwithMr.DoranandthencatchshorttwelveatMarlboroughStreet.Shewassureshewouldwin.Tobeginwithshehadalltheweightofsocialopiniononherside:shewasanoutragedmother.Shehadallowedhimtolivebeneathherroof,assumingthathewasamanofhonourandhehadsimplyabusedherhospitality.Hewasthirty-fourorthirty-fiveyearsofage,sothatyouthcouldnotbepleadedashisexcuse;norcouldignorancebehisexcusesincehewasamanwhohadseensomethingoftheworld.HehadsimplytakenadvantageofPolly’syouthandinexperience:thatwasevident.Thequestionwas:Whatreparationwouldhemake?

           Theremustbereparationmadeinsuchcase.Itisallverywellfortheman:hecangohiswaysasifnothinghadhappened,havinghadhismomentofpleasure,butthegirlhastobearthebrunt.Somemotherswouldbecontenttopatchupsuchanaffairforasumofmoney;shehadknowncasesofit.Butshewouldnotdoso.Forheronlyonereparationcouldmakeupforthelossofherdaughter’shonour:marriage.

           ShecountedallhercardsagainbeforesendingMaryuptoDoran’sroomtosaythatshewishedtospeakwithhim.Shefeltsureshewouldwin.Hewasaseriousyoungman,notrakishorloud-voicedliketheothers.IfithadbeenMr.

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