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Chapter 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream

           Thatshewenttotheripped-upwindowinthelittleroombythestreetdoortoconnectherpalpitatingheart,throughtheglass,withlivingthingsbeyondandoutsidethehauntedhouse.Thatshethensaw,onthewalloverthegateway,theshadowsofthetwocleveronesinconversationabove.Thatshethenwentupstairswithhershoesinherhand,partlytobenearthecleveronesasamatchformostghosts,andpartlytohearwhattheyweretalkingabout.

           ‘Noneofyournonsensewithme,’saidMrFlintwinch.‘Iwon’ttakeitfromyou.’

           MrsFlintwinchdreamedthatshestoodbehindthedoor,whichwasjustajar,andmostdistinctlyheardherhusbandsaytheseboldwords.

           ‘Flintwinch,’returnedMrsClennam,inherusualstronglowvoice,‘thereisademonofangerinyou.Guardagainstit.’

           ‘Idon’tcarewhetherthere’soneoradozen,’saidMrFlintwinch,forciblysuggestinginhistonethatthehighernumberwasnearerthemark.‘Iftherewasfifty,theyshouldallsay,Noneofyournonsensewithme,Iwon’ttakeitfromyou—I’dmake‘emsayit,whethertheylikeditornot.’

           ‘WhathaveIdone,youwrathfulman?’herstrongvoiceasked.

           ‘Done?’saidMrFlintwinch.‘Droppeddownuponme.’

           ‘Ifyoumean,remonstratedwithyou—’

           ‘Don’tputwordsintomymouththatIdon’tmean,’saidJeremiah,stickingtohisfigurativeexpressionwithtenaciousandimpenetrableobstinacy:‘Imeandroppeddownuponme.’

           ‘Iremonstratedwithyou,’shebeganagain,‘because—’

           ‘Iwon’thaveit!’criedJeremiah.‘Youdroppeddownuponme.

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