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Now she crushed the newspaper up with a passionate movement, and threw it from her. She raised her head, showing cheeks blazing with anger, and dark, sullen, unflinching eyes. NOW SHE CRUSHED THE NEWSPAPER UP WITH A PASSIONATE MOVEMENT AND THREW IT FROM HER SHE RAISED HER HEAD SHOWING CHEEKS BLAZING WITH ANGER AND DARK SULLEN UNFLINCHING EYES
sorder. The one lighted burner of the gaselier, turned too high, hissed up into a long tongue of flame. The fire smoked feebly under a newly administered shovelful of 'slack', and a heap of ashes and cinders littered the grate. A pair of walking boots, caked in dry mud, lay on the hearth-rug just where they had been thrown off. On the mantelpiece, amidst a dozen other articles which had no business there, was a bedroom-candlestick; and every single article of furniture stood crookedly out of its place. Willoughby took in the whole intolerable picture, and yet spoke with kindliness. 'Well, Esther! I'm not so late, after all. I hope you did not find the time dull by yourself?' Then he explained the reason of his absence. He had met a friend he had not seen for a couple of years, who had insisted on taking him home to dine. His wife gave no sign of having heard him; she kept her eyes riveted on the paper before her. 'You received my wire, of course,' Willoughby went on, 'and did not wait? R SPOON THE ROOM WAS REPULSIVE IN ITS DISORDER THE ONE LIGHTED BURNER OF THE GASOLE TURNED TOO HIGH HISSED UP INTO A LONG TONGUE OF FLAME THE FIRE SMOKED FEEBLY UNDER A NEWLY ADMINISTERED SHOVELFUL OF SLACK AND A HEAP OF ASHES AND CINDERS LITTERED THE GRATE A PAIR OF WALKING BOOTS CAKED IN DRY MUD LAY ON THE HEARTH RUG JUST WHERE THEY HAD BEEN THROWN OFF ON THE MANTELPIECE AMIDST A DOZEN OTHER ARTICLES WHICH HAD NO BUSINESS THERE WAS A BEDROOM CANDLESTICK AND EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE OF FURNITURE STOOD CROOKEDLY OUT OF ITS PLACE WILLOUGHBY TOOK IN THE WHOLE INTOLERABLE PICTURE AND YET SPOKE WITH KINDNESS WELL ESTHER I'M NOT SO LATE AFTER ALL I HOPE YOU DID NOT FIND THE TIME DULL BY YOURSELF THEN HE EXPLAINED THE REASON OF HIS ABSENCE HE HAD MET A FRIEND HE HAD NOT SEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHO HAD INSISTED ON TAKING HIM HOME TO DINE HIS WIFE GAVE NO SIGN OF HAVING HEARD HIM SHE KEPT HER EYES RIVETED ON THE PAPER BEFORE HER YOU RECEIVED MY WIRE OF COURSE WILLOUGHBY WENT ON AND DID NOT WAIT
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