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Her husband's noisy outburst seemed to have shaken her nerves; the downward lines formed themselves at the corners of her mouth; and her eyelids fluttered as if she were on the verge of tears. "Will," she murmured, "you you ought to listen, if it's good advice. Mr. Ridgett knows the ropes he, he has experience and he means you well." "Indeed I do," said Ridgett cordially.
They let me sim to run free, because they know they can 'aarve me when they want me." With such thoughts, he went down-stairs of a morning to talk jovially with Ridgett, to chaff Miss Yorke; and with the thoughts unchanged he came up-stairs to glower at Mavis across the breakfast-table. His thoughts in regard to Mavis were extraordinarily complicated.
The Library was a quiet, convenient resort; and yesterday he had written a letter there, to Mr. Ridgett at Rodchurch Post Office not because he really had anything to communicate, but because it seemed necessary, or at least wise, to send off a letter from London. He enjoyed a good night's rest, and lay in bed till late on Sunday afternoon.
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