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Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           Getaway!Ishouldn’ttellyou,ifyouwasbyyourself;muchlesswithyouroldsweethearthere.’

           ItwasequallyvainforArthurtoentreat,andforFloratoprotest.Affery,whohadbeentremblingandstrugglingthewholetime,turnedadeafeartoalladjuration,andwasbentonforcingherselfoutofthecloset.

           ‘I’dsoonerscreamtoJeremiahthansayanotherword!I’llcallouttohim,Arthur,ifyoudon’tgiveoverspeakingtome.Nowhere’stheverylastwordI’llsayaforeIcalltohim—Ifeveryoubegintogetthebetterofthemtwocleveronesyourownself(yououghttoit,asItoldyouwhenyoufirstcomehome,foryouhaven’tbeenalivingherelongyears,tobemadeafearedofyourlifeasIhave),thendoyougetthebetterof‘emaforemyface;andthendoyousaytome,Afferytellyourdreams!Maybe,thenI’lltell‘em!’

           TheshuttingofthedoorstoppedArthurfromreplying.TheyglidedintotheplaceswhereJeremiahhadleftthem;andClennam,steppingforwardasthatoldgentlemanreturned,informedhimthathehadaccidentallyextinguishedthecandle.MrFlintwinchlookedonashere-lighteditatthelampinthehall,andpreservedaprofoundtaciturnityrespectingthepersonwhohadbeenholdinghiminconversation.Perhapshisirascibilitydemandedcompensationforsometediousnessthatthevisitorhadexpendedonhim;howeverthatwas,hetooksuchumbrageatseeinghiswifewithherapronoverherhead,thathechargedather,andtakingherveilednosebetweenhisthumbandfinger,appearedtothrowthewholescrew-powerofhispersonintothewringhegaveit

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