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Chapter 23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise,

           

           Flora,nowpermanentlyheavy,didnotreleaseArthurfromthesurveyofthehouse,untilithadextendedeventohisoldgarretbedchamber.Histhoughtswereotherwiseoccupiedthanwiththetourofinspection;yethetookparticularnoticeatthetime,asheafterwardshadoccasiontoremember,oftheairlessnessandclosenessofthehouse;thattheyleftthetrackoftheirfootstepsinthedustontheupperfloors;andthattherewasaresistancetotheopeningofoneroomdoor,whichoccasionedAfferytocryoutthatsomebodywashidinginside,andtocontinuetobelieveso,thoughsomebodywassoughtandnotdiscovered.Whentheyatlastreturnedtohismother’sroom,theyfoundhershadingherfacewithhermuffledhand,andtalkinginalowvoicetothePatriarchashestoodbeforethefire,whoseblueeyes,polishedhead,andsilkenlocks,turningtowardsthemastheycamein,impartedaninestimablevalueandinexhaustibleloveofhisspeciestohisremark:

           ‘Soyouhavebeenseeingthepremises,seeingthepremises—premises—seeingthepremises!’

           Itwasnotinitselfajewelofbenevolenceorwisdom,yethemadeitanexemplarofboththatonewouldhavelikedtohaveacopyof.

           

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