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In every case, save the two already mentioned, he had parted with his landlady on terms of friendliness, never vouchsafing a reason for his going away, genially eluding every attempt to obtain an explanation, and at the last abounding in graceful recognition of all that had been done for him. IN EVERY CASE SAVE THE TWO ALREADY MENTIONED HE HAD PARTED WITH HIS LANDLADY ON TERMS OF FRIENDLINESS NEVER VOOUCHSAFING A REASON FOR HIS GOING AWAY GENIALLY ELUDING EVERY ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN AN EXPLANATION AND AT THE LAST ABOUNDING ENGRACEFUL RECOGNITION OF ALL THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR HIM
: 'Here I shall stay.' Not that his constant removals had been solely due to discomfort and a hope of better things. The secret--perhaps not entirely revealed even to himself--lay in Mr. Jordan's sense of his own importance, and his uneasiness whenever he felt that, in the eyes of a landlady, he was becoming a mere everyday person--an ordinary lodger. No sooner did he detect a sign of this than he made up his mind to move. It gave him the keenest pleasure of which he was capable when, on abruptly announcing his immediate departure, he perceived the landlady's profound mortification. To make the blow heavier he had even resorted to artifice, seeming to express a most lively contentment during the very days when he had decided to leave and was asking himself where he should next abide. One of his delights was to return to a house which he had quitted years ago, to behold the excitement and bustle occasioned by his appearance, and play the good-natured autocrat over grovelling dependents. E SAID TO HIMSELF HERE I SHALL STAY NOT THAT HIS CONSTANT REMOVALS HAD BEEN SOLELY DUE TO DISCOMFORT AND A HOPE OF BETTER THINGS THE SECRET PERHAPS NOT ENTIRELY REVEALED EVEN TO HIMSELF LAY IN MISTER JORDAN'S SENSE OF HIS OWN IMPORTANCE AND HIS UNEASINESS WHENEVER HE FELT THAT IN THE EYES OF A LANDLADY HE WAS BECOMING A MERE EVERY DAY PERSON AN ORDINARY LODGER NO SOONER DID HE DETECT A SIGN OF THIS THAN HE MADE UP HIS MIND TO MOVE IT GAVE HIM THE KEENEST PLEASURE OF WHICH HE WAS CAPABLE WHEN ON ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCING HIS IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE HE PERCEIVED THE LANDLADY'S PROFOUND MORTIFICATION TO MAKE THE BLOW HEAVIER HE HAD EVEN RESORTED TO ARTIFICE SEEMING TO EXPRESS A MOST LIVELY CONTENTMENT DURING THE VERY DAYS WHEN HE HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE AND WAS ASKING HIMSELF WHERE HE SHOULD NEXT ABIDE ONE OF HIS DELIGHTS WAS TO RETURN TO A HOUSE WHICH HE HAD QUITTED YEARS AGO TO BEHOLD THE EXCITEMENT AND BUSTLE OCCASIONED BY HIS APPEARANCE AND PLAY THE GOOD NATURED AUTOCRAT OVER GROVELLING DEPENDENCE
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