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Chapter 13. The Progress of an Epidemic

           Theysaidlittlemore;butwerecompanytooneanotherinsilentlypursuingthesamesubjects,anddidnotpartuntilmidnight.Ontakinghisleave,MrPancks,whenhehadshakenhandswithClennam,workedcompletelyroundhimbeforehesteamedoutatthedoor.This,ArthurreceivedasanassurancethathemightimplicitlyrelyonPancks,ifheevershouldcometoneedassistance;eitherinanyofthemattersofwhichtheyhadspokenthatnight,oranyothersubjectthatcouldinanywayaffecthimself.

           Atintervalsallnextday,andevenwhilehisattentionwasfixedonotherthings,hethoughtofMrPancks’sinvestmentofhisthousandpounds,andofhishaving‘lookedintoit.’HethoughtofMrPancks’sbeingsosanguineinthismatter,andofhisnotbeingusuallyofasanguinecharacter.HethoughtofthegreatNationalDepartment,andofthedelightitwouldbetohimtoseeDoycebetteroff.HethoughtofthedarklythreateningplacethatwentbythenameofHomeinhisremembrance,andofthegatheringshadowswhichmadeityetmoredarklythreateningthanofold.Heobservedanewthatwhereverhewent,hesaw,orheard,ortouched,thecelebratednameofMerdle;hefounditdifficulteventoremainathisdeskacoupleofhours,withouthavingitpresentedtooneofhisbodilysensesthroughsomeagencyorother.Hebegantothinkitwascurioustoothatitshouldbeeverywhere,andthatnobodybutheshouldseemtohaveanymistrustofit.Thoughindeedhebegantoremember,whenhegottothis,evenhedidnotmistrustit;hehadonlyhappenedtokeepalooffromit

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