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Chapter 30. The Word of a Gentleman

           ButItakeitasagraceandfavourtobeelectedtomakethesatisfactionIammakinghere,toknowwhatIknowforcertainhere,andtoworkoutwhatIhaveworkedouthere.Myafflictionmightotherwisehavehadnomeaningtome.HenceIwouldforget,andIdoforget,nothing.HenceIamcontented,andsayitisbetterwithmethanwithmillions.’

           Asshespokethesewords,sheputherhanduponthewatch,andrestoredittotheprecisespotonherlittletablewhichitalwaysoccupied.Withhertouchlingeringuponit,shesatforsomemomentsafterwards,lookingatitsteadilyandhalf-defiantly.

           MrBlandois,duringthisexposition,hadbeenstrictlyattentive,keepinghiseyesfastenedonthelady,andthoughtfullystrokinghismoustachewithhistwohands.MrFlintwinchhadbeenalittlefidgety,andnowstruckin.

           ‘There,there,there!’saidhe.‘Thatisquiteunderstood,MrsClennam,andyouhavespokenpiouslyandwell.MrBlandois,Isuspect,isnotofapiouscast.’

           ‘Onthecontrary,sir!’thatgentlemanprotested,snappinghisfingers.‘Yourpardon!It’sapartofmycharacter.Iamsensitive,ardent,conscientious,andimaginative.Asensitive,ardent,conscientious,andimaginativeman,MrFlintwinch,mustbethat,ornothing!’

           TherewasaninklingofsuspicioninMrFlintwinch’sfacethathemightbenothing,asheswaggeredoutofhischair(itwascharacteristicofthisman,asitisofallmensimilarlymarked,thatwhateverhedid,heoverdid,thoughitweresometimesbyonlyahairsbreadth),andapproachedtotakehisleaveofMrsClennam.

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