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Hearing the Last of it

           Shewouldshootwithconsummatevelocityfromtherooftothehall,yetwouldbeinfullpossessionofherbreathanddignityonthemomentofherarrivalthere.Neitherwassheeverseenbyhumanvisiontogoatagreatpace.

           ShetookverykindlytoMr.Harthouse,andhadsomepleasantconversationwithhimsoonafterherarrival.Shemadehimherstatelycurtseyinthegarden,onemorningbeforebreakfast.

           ‘Itappearsbutyesterday,sir,’saidMrs.Sparsit,‘thatIhadthehonourofreceivingyouattheBank,whenyouweresogoodastowishtobemadeacquaintedwithMr.Bounderby’saddress.’

           ‘Anoccasion,Iamsure,nottobeforgottenbymyselfinthecourseofAges,’saidMr.Harthouse,inclininghisheadtoMrs.Sparsitwiththemostindolentofallpossibleairs.

           ‘Weliveinasingularworld,sir,’saidMrs.Sparsit.

           ‘Ihavehadthehonour,byacoincidenceofwhichIamproud,tohavemadearemark,similarineffect,thoughnotsoepigrammaticallyexpressed.’

           ‘Asingularworld,Iwouldsay,sir,’pursuedMrs.Sparsit;afteracknowledgingthecomplimentwithadroopingofherdarkeyebrows,notaltogethersomildinitsexpressionashervoicewasinitsdulcettones;‘asregardstheintimaciesweformatonetime,withindividualswewerequiteignorantof,atanother.Irecall,sir,thatonthatoccasionyouwentsofarastosayyouwereactuallyapprehensiveofMissGradgrind.’

           ‘Yourmemorydoesmemorehonourthanmyinsignificancedeserves.

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