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Chapter 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ‘It Never Does’

           Hisrelationswithherfatherandmotherwerelikethoseonwhichawidowerson-in-lawmighthavestood.Ifthetwinsisterwhowasdeadhadlivedtopassawayinthebloomofwomanhood,andhehadbeenherhusband,thenatureofhisintercoursewithMrandMrsMeagleswouldprobablyhavebeenjustwhatitwas.Thisimperceptiblyhelpedtorenderhabitualtheimpressionwithinhim,thathehaddonewith,anddismissedthatpartoflife.

           HeinvariablyheardofMinniefromthem,astellingtheminherlettershowhappyshewas,andhowshelovedherhusband;butinseparablefromthatsubject,heinvariablysawtheoldcloudonMrMeagles’sface.MrMeagleshadneverbeenquitesoradiantsincethemarriageasbefore.HehadneverquiterecoveredtheseparationfromPet.Hewasthesamegood-humoured,opencreature;butasifhisface,frombeingmuchturnedtowardsthepicturesofhistwochildrenwhichcouldshowhimonlyonelook,unconsciouslyadoptedacharacteristicfromthem,italwayshadnow,throughallitschangesofexpression,alookoflossinit.

           OnewintrySaturdaywhenClennamwasatthecottage,theDowagerMrsGowandroveup,intheHamptonCourtequipagewhichpretendedtobetheexclusiveequipageofsomanyindividualproprietors.Shedescended,inhershadyambuscadeofgreenfan,tofavourMrandMrsMeagleswithacall.

           ‘Andhowdoyoubothdo,PapaandMamaMeagles?’saidshe,encouragingherhumbleconnections.

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