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Tom-all-Alone’s

           Wearenottobeputinbodilyfear,andthatill-conditionedfellowshallbeheldtobailagain.Fromtheceiling,foreshortenedAllegory,inthepersonofoneimpossibleRomanupsidedown,pointswiththearmofSamson(outofjoint,andanoddone)obtrusivelytowardthewindow.WhyshouldMr.Tulkinghorn,forsuchnoreason,lookoutofwindow?Isthehandnotalwayspointingthere?Sohedoesnotlookoutofwindow.Andifhedid,whatwoulditbetoseeawomangoingby?Therearewomenenoughintheworld,Mr.Tulkinghornthinkstoomany;theyareatthebottomofallthatgoeswronginit,though,forthematterofthat,theycreatebusinessforlawyers.Whatwoulditbetoseeawomangoingby,eventhoughsheweregoingsecretly?Theyareallsecret.Mr.Tulkinghornknowsthatverywell.Buttheyarenotalllikethewomanwhonowleaveshimandhishousebehind,betweenwhoseplaindressandherrefinedmannerthereissomethingexceedinglyinconsistent.Sheshouldbeanupperservantbyherattire,yetinherairandstep,thoughbotharehurriedandassumedasfarasshecanassumeinthemuddystreets,whichshetreadswithanunaccustomedfootsheisalady.Herfaceisveiled,andstillshesufficientlybetraysherselftomakemorethanoneofthosewhopassherlookroundsharply.Sheneverturnsherhead.Ladyorservant,shehasapurposeinherandcanfollowit.SheneverturnsherheaduntilshecomestothecrossingwhereJoplieswithhisbroom.Hecrosseswithherandbegs.Still,shedoesnotturnherheaduntilshehaslandedontheotherside.

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