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Chapter 34. A Shoal of Barnacles

           ByHeavenIwill!’

           Andso,withthelastsobsandlastlovingwords,andalastlooktoClennamofconfidenceinhispromise,Petfellbackinthecarriage,andherhusbandwavedhishand,andtheywereawayforDover;thoughnotuntilthefaithfulMrsTickit,inhersilkgownandjetblackcurls,hadrushedoutfromsomehiding-place,andthrownbothhershoesafterthecarriage:anapparitionwhichoccasionedgreatsurprisetothedistinguishedcompanyatthewindows.

           Thesaidcompanybeingnowrelievedfromfurtherattendance,andthechiefBarnaclesbeingratherhurried(fortheyhaditinhandjustthentosendamailortwowhichwasindangerofgoingstraighttoitsdestination,beatingabouttheseasliketheFlyingDutchman,andtoarrangewithcomplexityforthestoppageofagooddealofimportantbusinessotherwiseinperilofbeingdone),wenttheirseveralways;withallaffabilityconveyingtoMrandMrsMeaglesthatgeneralassurancethatwhattheyhadbeendoingthere,theyhadbeendoingatasacrificeforMrandMrsMeagles’sgood,whichtheyalwaysconveyedtoMrJohnBullintheirofficialcondescensiontothatmostunfortunatecreature.

           AmiserableblankremainedinthehouseandintheheartsofthefatherandmotherandClennam.MrMeaglescalledonlyoneremembrancetohisaid,thatreallydidhimgood.

           ‘It’sverygratifying,Arthur,’hesaid,‘afterall,tolookbackupon.’

           ‘Thepast?’saidClennam.

           ‘Yes—butImeanthecompany.’

           Ithadmadehimmuchmorelowandunhappyatthetime,butnowitreallydidhimgood

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