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Mrs. Higdon had it on the very best authority  that of Mr. Jordan's partner, who spoke of the affair without reserve. A new house had already been taken  at Wood Green. Well! MISSUS HIGDEN HAD IT ON THE VERY BEST AUTHORITY THAT OF MISTER JORDAN'S PARTNER WHO SPOKE OF THE AFFAIR WITHOUT RESERVE A NEW HOUSE HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AT WOOD GREEN WELL
ing at her parlour door, and lingered for a talk which ended only at supper time. He spoke of his own affairs, and grew more ready to do so as his hearer manifested a genuine interest, without impertinent curiosity. Little by little he imparted to Mrs. Elderfield a complete knowledge of his commercial history, of his pecuniary standing--matters of which he had never before spoken to a mere acquaintance. A change was coming over him; the foundations of habit crumbled beneath his feet; he lost his look of complacence, his self-confident and superior tone. Bar-parlours and billiard-rooms saw him but rarely and flittingly. He seemed to have lost his pleasure in the streets of Islington, and spent all his spare time by the fireside, perpetually musing. On a day in March one of his old landladies, Mrs. Higdon, sped to the house of another, Mrs. Evans, panting under a burden of strange news. Could it be believed! Mr. Jordan was going to marry--to marry that woman in whose house he was living! EXCUSE FOR KNOCKING AT HER PARLOR DOOR AND LINGERED FOR A TALK WHICH ENDED ONLY AT SUPPER TIME HE SPOKE OF HIS OWN AFFAIRS AND GREW MORE READY TO DO SO AS HIS HEARER MANIFESTED A GENUINE INTEREST WITHOUT IMPERTINENT CURIOSITY LITTLE BY LITTLE HE IMPARTED TO MISSUS ELDERFIELD A COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF HIS PECUNIARY STANDING MATTERS OF WHICH HE HAD NEVER BEFORE SPOKEN TO A MERE ACQUAINTANCE A CHANGE WAS COMING OVER HIM THE FOUNDATIONS OF HABIT CRUMBLED BENEATH HIS FEET HE LOST HIS LOOK OF COMPLAISANCE HIS SELF CONFIDENT AND SUPERIOR TONE BAR PARLOURS AND BILLIARD ROOMS SAW HIM BUT RARELY AND FLITTINGLY HE SEEMED TO HAVE LOST HIS PLEASURE IN THE STREETS OF ISLINGTON AND SPENT ALL HIS SPARE TIME BY THE FIRESIDE PERPETUALLY MUSING ON A DAY IN MARCH ONE OF HIS OLD LAND LADIES MISSUS HIGDEN SPED TO THE HOUSE OF ANOTHER MISSUS EVANS PANTING UNDER A BURDEN OF STRANGE NEWS COULD IT BE BELIEVED MISTER JOHN WAS GOING TO MARRY TO MARRY THAT WOMAN IN WHOSE HOUSE HE WAS LIVING
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