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A Turn of the Screw

           Thetrooperthentakesfromhisbreast-pocketafoldedpaper,whichhelayswithanunwillinghandatthelawyer’selbow."’Tisonlyaletterofinstructions,sir.ThelastIeverhadfromhim."Lookatamillstone,Mr.George,forsomechangeinitsexpression,andyouwillfinditquiteassoonasinthefaceofMr.Tulkinghornwhenheopensandreadstheletter!Herefoldsitandlaysitinhisdeskwithacountenanceasunperturbableasdeath.Norhasheanythingmoretosayordobuttonodonceinthesamefrigidanddiscourteousmannerandtosaybriefly,"Youcango.Showthesemenout,there!"Beingshownout,theyrepairtoMr.Bagnet’sresidencetodine.Boiledbeefandgreensconstitutetheday’svarietyontheformerrepastofboiledporkandgreens,andMrs.Bagnetservesoutthemealinthesamewayandseasonsitwiththebestoftemper,beingthatraresortofoldgirlthatshereceivesGoodtoherarmswithoutahintthatitmightbeBetterandcatcheslightfromanylittlespotofdarknessnearher.ThespotonthisoccasionisthedarkenedbrowofMr.George;heisunusuallythoughtfulanddepressed.AtfirstMrs.BagnettruststothecombinedendearmentsofQuebecandMaltatorestorehim,butfindingthoseyoungladiessensiblethattheirexistingBluffyisnottheBluffyoftheirusualfrolicsomeacquaintance,shewinksoffthelightinfantryandleaveshimtodeployatleisureontheopengroundofthedomestichearth.Buthedoesnot.Heremainsincloseorder,cloudedanddepressed.Duringthelengthycleaningupandpatteningprocess,whenheandMr.

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