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Bob had returned, as usual, to the dirt and the children, and it was only when he struck a light that he found the clock was gone. BOB HAD RETURNED AS USUAL TO THE DIRT AND THE CHILDREN AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE STRUCK A LIGHT THAT HE FOUND THE CLOCK WAS GONE
ntelligence. Now, under a daily burden of dull misery, it clouded and stooped. The base wit of the workshop he comprehended less, and realized more slowly, than before; and the gaffer cursed him for a sleepy dolt. Mrs. Jennings ceased from any pretence of housewifery, and would sometimes sit--perchance not quite sober--while Bob washed the children in the evening, opening her mouth only to express her contempt for him and his establishment, and to make him understand that she was sick of both. Once, exasperated by his quietness, she struck at him, and for a moment he was another man. 'Don't do that, Melier,' he said, 'else I might forget myself.' His manner surprised his wife: and it was such that she never did do that again. So was Bob Jennings: without a friend in the world, except his sister, who chid him, and the children, who squalled at him: when his wife vanished with the lodger, the clock, a shade of wax flowers, Bob's best boots (which fitted the lodger), and his silver watch. S COMMON NEEDS BUT IT WAS NEVER A VAST INTELLIGENCE NOW UNDER A DAILY BURDEN OF DULL MISERY IT CLOUDED AND STOOPED THE BASE WIT OF THE WORKSHOP HE COMPREHENDED LESS AND REALISED MORE SLOWLY THAN BEFORE AND THE GAFFER CURSED HIM FOR A SLEEPY DOLT MISSUS JENNINGS CEASED FROM ANY PRETENCE OF HOUSEWIFERY AND WOULD SOMETIMES SIT PERCHANCE NOT QUITE SOBER WHILE BOB WASHED THE CHILDREN IN THE EVENING OPENING HER MOUTH ONLY TO EXPRESS HER CONTEMPT FOR HIM AND HIS ESTABLISHMENT AND TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS SICK OF BOTH ONCE EXASPERATED BY HIS QUIETNESS SHE STRUCK AT HIM AND FOR A MOMENT HE WAS ANOTHER MAN DON'T DO THAT MILIE HE SAID ELSE I MIGHT FORGET MESELF HIS MANNER SURPRISED HIS WIFE AND IT WAS SUCH THAT SHE NEVER DID DO THAT AGAIN SO WAS BOB JENNINGS WITHOUT A FRIEND IN THE WORLD EXCEPT HIS SISTER WHO CHID HIM AND THE CHILDREN WHO SQUALLED AT HIM WHEN HIS WIFE VANISHED WITH THE LODGER THE CLOCK A SHADE OF WAX FLOWERS BOB'S BEST BOOTS WHICH FITTED THE LODGER AND HIS SILVER WATCH
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