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Chapter 30. The Word of a Gentleman

           ‘ButMrBlandois,smitinghiminafriendlymannerontheback,onlylaughed;sothesaidBlandoiskissedhishandagaintoMrsClennam,andtheywentoutoftheroomtogether.

           ‘Youdon’tcaretogoup-stairs?’saidJeremiah,onthelanding.

           ‘Onthecontrary,MrFlintwinch;ifnottiresometoyou,Ishallberavished!’

           MrFlintwinch,therefore,wormedhimselfupthestaircase,andMrBlandoisfollowedclose.Theyascendedtothegreatgarretbed-roomwhichArthurhadoccupiedonthenightofhisreturn.‘There,MrBlandois!’saidJeremiah,showingit,‘Ihopeyoumaythinkthatworthcomingsohightosee.IconfessIdon’t.’

           MrBlandoisbeingenraptured,theywalkedthroughothergarretsandpassages,andcamedownthestaircaseagain.BythistimeMrFlintwinchhadremarkedthatheneverfoundthevisitorlookingatanyroom,afterthrowingonequickglancearound,butalwaysfoundthevisitorlookingathim,MrFlintwinch.Withthisdiscoveryinhisthoughts,heturnedaboutonthestaircaseforanotherexperiment.Hemethiseyesdirectly;andontheinstantoftheirfixingoneanother,thevisitor,withthatuglyplayofnoseandmoustache,laughed(ashehaddoneateverysimilarmomentsincetheyleftMrsClennam’schamber)adiabolicallysilentlaugh.

           Asamuchshortermanthanthevisitor,MrFlintwinchwasatthephysicaldisadvantageofbeingthusdisagreeablyleeredatfromaheight;andashewentfirstdownthestaircase,andwasusuallyasteportwolowerthantheother,thisdisadvantagewasatthetimeincreased.

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