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Bar parlours and billiard rooms saw him but rarely and flittingly. He seemed to have lost his pleasure in the streets of Islington, and spent all his spare time by the fireside, perpetually musing. BAR PARLOURS AND BILLIARD ROOMS SAW HIM BUT RARELY AND FLITTINGLY HE SEEMED TO HAVE LOST HIS PLEASURE IN THE STREETS OF ISLINGTON AND SPENT ALL HIS SPARE TIME BY THE FIRESIDE PERPETUALLY MUSING
mote a district. Wood Green! The very name appalled him, for he had never been able to endure the country. He betook himself one dreary autumn afternoon to that northern suburb, and what he saw did not at all reassure him. On his way back he began once more to review the list of old lodgings. But from that day his conversations with Mrs. Elderfield grew more frequent, more intimate. In the evening he occasionally made an excuse for knocking at her parlour door, and lingered for a talk which ended only at supper time. He spoke of his own affairs, and grew more ready to do so as his hearer manifested a genuine interest, without impertinent curiosity. Little by little he imparted to Mrs. Elderfield a complete knowledge of his commercial history, of his pecuniary standing--matters of which he had never before spoken to a mere acquaintance. A change was coming over him; the foundations of habit crumbled beneath his feet; he lost his look of complacence, his self-confident and superior tone. F LIVING IN SO REMOTE A DISTRICT WOOD GREEN THE VERY NAME APPALLED HIM FOR HE HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ENDURE THE COUNTRY HE BETOOK HIMSELF ONE DREARY AUTUMN AFTERNOON TO THAT NORTHERN SUBURB AND WHAT HE SAW DID NOT AT ALL REASSURE HIM ON HIS WAY BACK HE BEGAN ONCE MORE TO REVIEW THE LIST OF OLD LODGINGS BUT FROM THAT DAY HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH MISSUS ELDERFIELD GREW MORE FREQUENT MORE INTIMATE IN THE EVENING HE OCCASIONALLY MADE AN EXCUSE FOR KNOCKING AT HER PARLOR DOOR AND LINGERED FOR A TALK WHICH ENDED ONLY AT SUPPER TIME HE SPOKE OF HIS OWN AFFAIRS AND GREW MORE READY TO DO SO AS HIS HEARER MANIFESTED A GENUINE INTEREST WITHOUT IMPERTINENT CURIOSITY LITTLE BY LITTLE HE IMPARTED TO MISSUS ELDERFIELD A COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF HIS PECUNIARY STANDING MATTERS OF WHICH HE HAD NEVER BEFORE SPOKEN TO A MERE ACQUAINTANCE A CHANGE WAS COMING OVER HIM THE FOUNDATIONS OF HABIT CRUMBLED BENEATH HIS FEET HE LOST HIS LOOK OF COMPLAISANCE HIS SELF CONFIDENT AND SUPERIOR TONE
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