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           ButIwillnotsmooththingsovertoanyconnexionofMr.C.’sonanyaccount.AsopenasIwastoMr.Jarndyce,Iamtoyou.Iregarditinthelightofaprofessionaldutytobeso,thoughitcanbechargedtonoone.Iopenlysay,unpalatableasitmaybe,thatIconsiderMr.C.’saffairsinaverybadway,thatIconsiderMr.C.himselfinaverybadway,andthatIregardthisasanexceedinglyill-advisedmarriage.AmIhere,sir?Yes,Ithankyou;Iamhere,Mr.C.,andenjoyingthepleasureofsomeagreeableconversationwithMissSummerson,forwhichIhavetothankyouverymuch,sir!"HebrokeoffthusinanswertoRichard,whoaddressedhimashecameintotheroom.BythistimeItoowellunderstoodMr.Vholes’sscrupulouswayofsavinghimselfandhisrespectabilitynottofeelthatourworstfearsdidbutkeeppacewithhisclient’sprogress.Wesatdowntodinner,andIhadanopportunityofobservingRichard,anxiously.IwasnotdisturbedbyMr.Vholes(whotookoffhisglovestodine),thoughhesatoppositetomeatthesmalltable,forIdoubtif,lookingupatall,heonceremovedhiseyesfromhishost’sface.IfoundRichardthinandlanguid,slovenlyinhisdress,abstractedinhismanner,forcinghisspiritsnowandthen,andatotherintervalsrelapsingintoadullthoughtfulness.Abouthislargebrighteyesthatusedtobesomerrytherewasawannessandarestlessnessthatchangedthemaltogether.Icannotusetheexpressionthathelookedold.Thereisaruinofyouthwhichisnotlikeage,andintosucharuinRichard’syouthandyouthfulbeautyhadallfallenaway.

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