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Chapter 16. Nobody’s Weakness

           Whentheywentaway,shealwaysputonthesilk-gownandthejet-blackrowofcurlsrepresentedinthatportrait(herhairwasreddish-greyinthekitchen),establishedherselfinthebreakfast-room,putherspectaclesbetweentwoparticularleavesofDoctorBuchan’sDomesticMedicine,andsatlookingovertheblindalldayuntiltheycamebackagain.ItwassupposedthatnopersuasioncouldbeinventedwhichwouldinduceMrsTickittoabandonherpostattheblind,howeverlongtheirabsence,ortodispensewiththeattendanceofDrBuchan;thelucubrationsofwhichlearnedpractitioner,MrMeaglesimplicitlybelievedshehadneveryetconsultedtotheextentofonewordinherlife.

           Intheeveningtheyplayedanold-fashionedrubber;andPetsatlookingoverherfather’shand,orsingingtoherselfbyfitsandstartsatthepiano.Shewasaspoiltchild;buthowcouldshebeotherwise?Whocouldbemuchwithsopliableandbeautifulacreature,andnotyieldtoherendearinginfluence?Whocouldpassaneveninginthehouse,andnotloveherforthegraceandcharmofherverypresenceintheroom?ThiswasClennam’sreflection,notwithstandingthefinalconclusionatwhichhehadarrivedup-stairs.

           Inmakingit,herevoked.‘Why,whatareyouthinkingof,mygoodsir?’askedtheastonishedMrMeagles,whowashispartner.‘Ibegyourpardon.Nothing,’returnedClennam.‘Thinkofsomething,nexttime;that’sadearfellow,’saidMrMeagles.PetlaughinglybelievedhehadbeenthinkingofMissWade.‘WhyofMissWade,Pet?’askedherfather.‘Why,indeed!’saidArthurClennam.

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