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Chapter 22. A Puzzle

           ‘I’magoingSoandSo.Itain’tyou,LittleMother,that’sgotanythingtodowithit—it’syou,youknow,’saidMaggy,addressingArthur.‘You’dbettercome,SoandSo,andletmetakeandgive‘emtoyou.’

           ‘Wewillnotbesoparticularasthat,Maggy.Givethemmehere,’saidClennaminalowvoice.

           ‘Well,then,comeacrosstheroad,’answeredMaggyinaveryloudwhisper.‘LittleMotherwasn’ttoknownothingofit,andshewouldneverhaveknownnothingofitifyouhadonlygoneSoandSo,insteadofbotheringandloiteringabout.Itain’tmyfault.ImustdowhatIamtold.Theyoughttobeashamedofthemselvesfortellingme.’

           Clennamcrossedtotheotherside,andhurriedlyopenedtheletters.ThatfromthefathermentionedthatmostunexpectedlyfindinghimselfinthenovelpositionofhavingbeendisappointedofaremittancefromtheCityonwhichhehadconfidentlycounted,hetookuphispen,beingrestrainedbytheunhappycircumstanceofhisincarcerationduringthree-and-twentyyears(doublyunderlined),fromcominghimself,ashewouldotherwisecertainlyhavedone—tookuphispentoentreatMrClennamtoadvancehimthesumofThreePoundsTenShillingsuponhisI.O.U.,whichhebeggedtoenclose.

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