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

           

           TheDowagerheremadeasmilingobeisance,rathertotheroomthantoanyoneinit,andtherewithtookafinalfarewellofPapaandMamaMeagles.ClennamsteppedforwardtohandhertothePill-BoxwhichwasattheserviceofallthePillsinHamptonCourtPalace;andshegotintothatvehiclewithdistinguishedserenity,andwasdrivenaway.

           ThenceforththeDowager,withalightandcarelesshumour,oftenrecountedtoherparticularacquaintancehow,afterahardtrial,shehadfounditimpossibletoknowthosepeoplewhobelongedtoHenry’swife,andwhohadmadethatdesperatesettocatchhim.Whethershehadcometotheconclusionbeforehand,thattogetridofthemwouldgiveherfavouritepretenceabetterair,mightsavehersomeoccasionalinconvenience,andcouldrisknoloss(theprettycreaturebeingfastmarried,andherfatherdevotedtoher),wasbestknowntoherself.Thoughthishistoryhasitsopiniononthatpointtoo,anddecidedlyintheaffirmative.

           

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