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Chapter 66

           

           Comfortedbythisintelligence,thepatientappliedhimselftohisfoodwithakeenappetite,thoughevidentlynotwithagreaterzestintheeatingthanhisnurseappearedtohaveinseeinghimeat.Themannerofthismealwasthis:MrSwiveller,holdingthesliceoftoastorcupofteainhislefthand,andtakingabiteordrink,asthecasemightbe,constantlykept,inhisright,onepalmoftheMarchionesstightlocked;andtoshake,oreventokissthisimprisonedhand,hewouldstopeverynowandthen,intheveryactofswallowing,withperfectseriousnessofintention,andtheutmostgravity.Asoftenasheputanythingintohismouth,whetherforeatingordrinking,thefaceoftheMarchionesslightedupbeyondalldescription;butwheneverhegaveheroneorotherofthesetokensofrecognition,hercountenancebecameovershadowed,andshebegantosob.Now,whethershewasinherlaughingjoy,orinhercryingone,theMarchionesscouldnothelpturningtothevisitorswithanappealinglook,whichseemedtosay,‘YouseethisfellowcanIhelpthis?’andthey,beingthusmade,asitwere,partiestothescene,asregularlyansweredbyanotherlook,‘No.Certainlynot.’Thisdumb-show,takingplaceduringthewholetimeoftheinvalid’sbreakfast,andtheinvalidhimself,paleandemaciated,performingnosmallpartinthesame,itmaybefairlyquestionedwhetheratanymeal,wherenoword,goodorbad,wasspokenfrombeginningtoend,somuchwasexpressedbygesturesinthemselvessoslightandunimportant.

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