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'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. 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
hby entered. Around her were the still uncleared tokens of her last meal: tea-slops, bread-crumbs, and an egg-shell crushed to fragments upon a plate, which was one of those trifles that set Willoughby's teeth on edge--whenever his wife ate an egg she persisted in turning the egg-cup upside down upon the tablecloth, and pounding the shell to pieces in her plate with her spoon. The room was repulsive in its disorder. 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. R SPOKE NOR LOOKED UP AS WILLOUGHBY ENTERED AROUND HER WERE THE STILL UNCLEAR TOKENS OF HER LAST MEAL TEA SOPS BREAD CRUMBS AND AN EGG SHELL CRUSHED OF FRAGMENTS UPON A PLATE WHICH WAS ONE OF THOSE TRIFLES THAT SET WILLOUGHBY'S TEETH ON EDGE WHENEVER HIS WIFE ATE AN EGG SHE PERSISTED IN TURNING THE EGG CUP UPSIDE DOWN UPON THE TABLECLOTH AND POUNDING THE SHELL TO PIECES IN HER PLATE WITH HER 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
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