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Chapter 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming

           SofarasMistressAfferywasconcerned,toregardherliege-lordandherdisabledmistresswithafaceofblankwonder,togoaboutthehouseafterdarkwithherapronoverherhead,alwaystolistenforthestrangenoisesandsometimestohearthem,andnevertoemergefromherghostly,dreamy,sleep-wakingstate,wasoccupationenoughforher.

           Therewasafairstrokeofbusinessdoing,asMistressAfferymadeout,forherhusbandhadabundantoccupationinhislittleoffice,andsawmorepeoplethanhadbeenusedtocomethereforsomeyears.Thismighteasilybe,thehousehavingbeenlongdeserted;buthedidreceiveletters,andcomers,andkeepbooks,andcorrespond.Moreover,hewentabouttoothercounting-houses,andtowharves,anddocks,andtotheCustomHouse,andtoGarraway’sCoffeeHouse,andtheJerusalemCoffeeHouse,andon‘Change;sothathewasmuchinandout.Hebegan,too,sometimesofanevening,whenMrsClennamexpressednoparticularwishforhissociety,toresorttoatavernintheneighbourhoodtolookattheshippingnewsandclosingpricesintheeveningpaper,andeventoexchangesmallsocialitieswithmercantileSeaCaptainswhofrequentedthatestablishment.Atsomeperiodofeveryday,heandMrsClennamheldacouncilonmattersofbusiness;anditappearedtoAffery,whowasalwaysgropingabout,listeningandwatching,thatthetwocleveronesweremakingmoney.

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