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Chapter 5. Family Affairs

           Therewasnotonestraightfloorfromthefoundationtotheroof;theceilingsweresofantasticallycloudedbysmokeanddust,thatoldwomenmighthavetoldfortunesinthembetterthaningroutsoftea;thedead-coldhearthsshowednotracesofhavingeverbeenwarmedbutinheapsofsootthathadtumbleddownthechimneys,andeddiedaboutinlittleduskywhirlwindswhenthedoorswereopened.Inwhathadoncebeenadrawing-room,therewereapairofmeagremirrors,withdismalprocessionsofblackfigurescarryingblackgarlands,walkingroundtheframes;buteventhesewereshortofheadsandlegs,andoneundertaker-likeCupidhadswungroundonitsownaxisandgotupsidedown,andanotherhadfallenoffaltogether.TheroomArthurClennam’sdeceasedfatherhadoccupiedforbusinesspurposes,whenhefirstrememberedhim,wassounalteredthathemighthavebeenimaginedstilltokeepitinvisibly,ashisvisiblerelictkeptherroomup-stairs;JeremiahFlintwinchstillgoingbetweenthemnegotiating.

           Hispicture,darkandgloomy,earnestlyspeechlessonthewall,withtheeyesintentlylookingathissonastheyhadlookedwhenlifedepartedfromthem,seemedtourgehimawfullytothetaskhehadattempted;butastoanyyieldingonthepartofhismother,hehadnownohope,andastoanyothermeansofsettinghisdistrustatrest,hehadabandonedhopealongtime.

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