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Chapter 17. Missing

           WhenIhaveshownthisgentlemanout,I’llmakeyouupsuchacomfortabledose,mywoman;suchacomfortabledose!’

           ItdidnotappearaltogethercomfortableinexpectationtoMistressAffery;butJeremiah,withoutfurtherreferencetohishealingmedicine,tookanothercandlefromMrsClennam’stable,andsaid,‘Now,sir;shallIlightyoudown?’

           MrDorritprofessedhimselfobliged,andwentdown.MrFlintwinchshuthimout,andchainedhimout,withoutamoment’slossoftime.Hewasagainpassedbythetwomen,onegoingoutandtheothercomingin;gotintothevehiclehehadleftwaiting,andwasdrivenaway.

           Beforehehadgonefar,thedriverstoppedtolethimknowthathehadgivenhisname,number,andaddresstothetwomen,ontheirjointrequisition;andalsotheaddressatwhichhehadtakenMrDorritup,thehouratwhichhehadbeencalledfromhisstandandthewaybywhichhehadcome.Thisdidnotmakethenight’sadventurerunanylesshotlyinMrDorrit’smind,eitherwhenhesatdownbyhisfireagain,orwhenhewenttobed.Allnighthehauntedthedismalhouse,sawthetwopeopleresolutelywaiting,heardthewomanwithherapronoverherfacecryoutaboutthenoise,andfoundthebodyofthemissingBlandois,nowburiedinthecellar,andnowbrickedupinawall.

           

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