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           ObviouslyMarysuspicionedme,butnevertheless,IclungtoTimothy,thoughIwishedferventlythatIknewmoreabouthim;forIstillmetthatotherfatheroccasionally,andhealwaysstoppedtocomparenotesabouttheboys.Andthequestionsheaskedweresointimate,howTimothyslept,howhewokeup,howhefelloffagain,whatweputinhisbath.Itiswellthatdogsandlittleboyshavesomuchincommon,foritwasreallyofPorthosItoldhim;howheslept(peacefully),howhewokeup(supposedtobesubjecttodreams),howhefelloffagain(withonelittlehandonhisnose),butIglidedpastwhatweputinhisbath(carbolicandamop).

           Themanhadnottheleastsuspicionofme,andIthoughtitreasonabletohopethatMarywouldproveasgenerous.YetwasIstraitenedinmymind.Foritmightbethatshewasonlybidinghertimetostrikesuddenly,andthisattachedmethemoretoTimothy,asifIfearedshemightsoonsnatchhimfromme.Aswasindeedtobethecase.