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Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           

           (‘Iwishhewas!’criedAffery.)

           ‘Affery,Iwanttoknowwhatisamisshere;Iwantsomelightthrownonthesecretsofthishouse.’

           ‘Itellyou,Arthur,’sheinterrupted,‘noisesisthesecrets,rustlingsandstealingsabout,tremblings,treadsoverheadandtreadsunderneath.’

           ‘Butthosearenotallthesecrets.’

           ‘Idon’tknow,’saidAffery.‘Don’taskmenomore.Youroldsweetheartan’tfaroff,andshe’sablabber.’

           Hisoldsweetheart,beinginfactsonearathandthatshewasthenrecliningagainsthiminaflutter,averysubstantialangleofforty-fivedegrees,hereinterposedtoassureMistressAfferywithgreaterearnestnessthandirectnessofasseveration,thatwhatsheheardshouldgonofurther,butshouldbekeptinviolate,‘ifonnootheraccountonArthur’s—sensibleofintrudinginbeingtoofamiliarDoyceandClennam’s.’

           ‘Imakeanimploringappealtoyou,Affery,toyou,oneofthefewagreeableearlyremembrancesIhave,formymother’ssake,foryourhusband’ssake,formyown,foralloursakes.Iamsureyoucantellmesomethingconnectedwiththecominghereofthisman,ifyouwill.’

           ‘Why,thenI’lltellyou,Arthur,’returnedAffery—‘Jeremiah’scoming!’

           ‘No,indeedheisnot.Thedoorisopen,andheisstandingoutside,talking.’

           ‘I’lltellyouthen,’saidAffery,afterlistening,‘thatthefirsttimeheevercomeheheardthenoiseshisownself.“What’sthat?”hesaidtome.“Idon’tknowwhatitis,”Isaystohim,catchingholdofhim,“butIhavehearditoverandoveragain.

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