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Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           Youmayliketoseeherbeforeyouleave.Harriet,comein!’ShecalledHarrietagain.ThesecondcallproducedHarriet,onceTattycoram.

           ‘HereisMrClennam,’saidMissWade;‘notcomeforyou;hehasgivenyouup,—Isupposeyouhave,bythistime?’

           ‘Havingnoauthority,orinfluence—yes,’assentedClennam.

           ‘Notcomeinsearchofyou,yousee;butstillseekingsomeone.HewantsthatBlandoisman.’

           ‘WithwhomIsawyouintheStrandinLondon,’hintedArthur.

           ‘Ifyouknowanythingofhim,Harriet,exceptthathecamefromVenice—whichweallknow—tellittoMrClennamfreely.’

           ‘Iknownothingmoreabouthim,’saidthegirl.

           ‘Areyousatisfied?’MissWadeinquiredofArthur.

           Hehadnoreasontodisbelievethem;thegirl’smannerbeingsonaturalastobealmostconvincing,ifhehadhadanypreviousdoubts.Hereplied,‘Imustseekforintelligenceelsewhere.’

           Hewasnotgoinginthesamebreath;buthehadrisenbeforethegirlentered,andsheevidentlythoughthewas.Shelookedquicklyathim,andsaid:

           ‘Aretheywell,sir?’

           ‘Who?’

           Shestoppedherselfinsayingwhatwouldhavebeen‘allofthem;’glancedatMissWade;andsaid‘MrandMrsMeagles.’

           ‘Theywere,whenIlastheardofthem.Theyarenotathome.Bytheway,letmeaskyou.Isittruethatyouwereseenthere?’

           ‘Where?WheredoesanyonesayIwasseen?’returnedthegirl,sullenlycastingdownhereyes.

           ‘Lookinginatthegardengateofthecottage.’

           ‘No,’saidMissWade.‘Shehasneverbeennearit.’

           ‘Youarewrong,then,’saidthegirl.

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