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When Mr. Jordan slept, he dreamed that he was back again in lodgings at Islington, tasting an extraordinary bliss. Day dissipated the vision, but still Mrs. Jordan spoke not a word of his absence, and with trembling still he hoped. WHEN MISTER JORDAN SLEPT HE DREAMED THAT HE WAS BACK AGAIN IN LODGINGS AT ISLINGTON TASTING AN EXTRAORDINARY BLISS DAY DISSIPATED THE VISION BUT STILL MISSUS JOAN SPOKE NOT A WORD OF HIS ABSENCE AND WAS TREMBLING STILL HE HOPED
 that well remembered house. Ah, if he durst but enter and engage a lodging! Impossible--for ever impossible! He slept in the same place as on the night before. And again a day passed without any sort of inquiry from Wood Green. When evening came he went home. Mrs. Jordan behaved as though he had returned from business in the usual way. 'Is it raining?' she asked, with a half-smile. And her husband replied, in as matter-of-fact a tone as he could command, 'No, it isn't.' There was no mention between them of his absence. That night, Mrs. Jordan talked for an hour or two of his bad habit of stepping on the paint when he went up and down stairs, then fell calmly asleep. But Mr. Jordan did not sleep for a long time. What! was he, after all, to be allowed his liberty _out_ of doors, provided he relinquished it within? Was it really the case that his wife, satisfied with her house and furniture and income, did not care a jot whether he stayed away or came home? There, indeed, gleamed a hope. O LOOK UP AT THE WINDOWS OF THIS OR THAT WELL REMEMBERED HOUSE AH IF HE DURST BUT ENTER AND ENGAGE A LODGING IMPOSSIBLE FOREVER IMPOSSIBLE HE SLEPT IN THE SAME PLACE AS ON THE NIGHT BEFORE AND AGAIN A DAY PASSED WITHOUT ANY SORT OF INQUIRY FROM WOOD GREEN WHEN EVENING CAME HE WENT HOME MISSUS JODAN BEHAVED AS THOUGH HE HAD RETURNED FROM BUSINESS IN THE USUAL WAY IS IT RAINING SHE ASKED WITH A HALF SMILE AND HER HUSBAND REPLIED IN AS MATTER OF FACT A TONE AS HE COULD COMMAND NO IT ISN'T THERE WAS NO MENTION BETWEEN THEM OF HIS ABSENCE THAT NIGHT MISSUS JOAN TALKED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO OF HIS BAD HABIT OF STEPPING ON THE PAINT WHEN HE WENT UP AND DOWN STAIRS THEN CALMLY FELL ASLEEP BUT MISTER JORDAN DID NOT SLEEP FOR A LONG TIME WHAT WAS HE AFTER ALL TO BE ALLOWED HIS LIBERTY OUT OF DOORS PROVIDED HE RELINQUISHED IT WITHIN WAS IT REALLY THE CASE THAT HIS WIFE SATISFIED WITH HER HOUSE AND FURNITURE AND INCOME DID NOT CARE A JOT WHETHER HE STAYED AWAY OR CAME HOME THERE INDEED GLEAMED A HOPE
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