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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           ‘Ihavebeenhuntingaboutallday.Shemusthavegoneveryearlyandverysilently.Ihavefoundnotraceofherdownaboutus.’

           ‘Stay!Youwant,’saidClennam,afteramoment’sreflection,‘toseeher?Iassumethat?’

           ‘Yes,assuredly;Iwanttogiveheranotherchance;MotherandPetwanttogiveheranotherchance;come!Youyourself,’saidMrMeagles,persuasively,asiftheprovocationtobeangrywerenothisownatall,‘wanttogivethepoorpassionategirlanotherchance,Iknow,Clennam.’

           ‘ItwouldbestrangeandhardindeedifIdidnot,’saidClennam,‘whenyouareallsoforgiving.WhatIwasgoingtoaskyouwas,haveyouthoughtofthatMissWade?’

           ‘Ihave.IdidnotthinkofheruntilIhadpervadedthewholeofourneighbourhood,andIdon’tknowthatIshouldhavedonesothenbutforfindingMotherandPet,whenIwenthome,fulloftheideathatTattycorammusthavegonetoher.Then,ofcourse,Irecalledwhatshesaidthatdayatdinnerwhenyouwerefirstwithus.’

           ‘HaveyouanyideawhereMissWadeistobefound?’

           ‘Totellyouthetruth,’returnedMrMeagles,‘it’sbecauseIhaveanaddledjumbleofanotiononthatsubjectthatyoufoundmewaitinghere.Thereisoneofthoseoddimpressionsinmyhouse,whichdomysteriouslygetintohousessometimes,whichnobodyseemstohavepickedupinadistinctformfromanybody,andyetwhicheverybodyseemstohavegotholdoflooselyfromsomebodyandletgoagain,thatshelives,orwasliving,thereabouts.

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