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Not a landlady in Islington but would welcome Mr. Jordan in her rooms, and, having got him, do her utmost to prolong the connection. He had been known to quit a house on the paltriest excuse, removing to another in which he could not expect equally good treatment. NOT A LANDLADY IN ISINGTON BUT WOULD WELCOME MISTER JORDAN IN HER ROOMS AND HAVING GOT HIM DO HER UTMOST TO PROLONG THE CONNECTION HE HAD BEEN KNOWN TO QUIT A HOUSE ON THE PALTRIEST EXCUSE REMOVING TO ANOTHER IN WHICH HE COULD NOT EXPECT EQUALLY GOOD TREATMENT
h a look of thoughtful criticism for any changes that might be going forward. No one had ever spoken flatteringly of his visage; he knew himself a very homely-featured man, and accepted the fact, as something that had neither favoured nor hindered him in life. But it was his conviction that no man's eye had a greater power of solemn and overwhelming rebuke, and this gift he took a pleasure in exercising, however trivial the occasion. For five-and-twenty years he had lived in lodgings; always within the narrow range of Islington respectability, yet never for more than a twelvemonth under the same roof. This peculiar feature of Mr. Jordan's life had made him a subject of continual interest to local landladies, among whom were several lifelong residents, on friendly terms of old time with the Jordan family. To them it seemed an astonishing thing that a man in such circumstances had not yet married; granting this eccentricity, they could not imagine what made him change his abode so often. ORSHIP OR WITH A LOOK OF THOUGHTFUL CRITICISM FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD NO ONE HAD EVER SPOKEN FLATTERINGLY OF HIS VISAGE HE KNEW HIMSELF A VERY HOMELY FEATURED MAN AND ACCEPTED THE FACT A SOMETHING THAT HAD NEITHER FAVORED NOR HINDERED HIM IN LIFE BUT IT WAS HIS CONVICTION THAT NO MAN'S EYE HAD A GREATER POWER OF SOLEMN AND OVERWHELMING REBUKE AND THIS GIFT HE TOOK A PLEASURE IN EXERCISING HOWEVER TRIVIAL THE OCCASION FOR FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS HE HAD LIVED IN LODGINGS ALWAYS WITHIN THE NARROW RANGE OF ISLINGTON RESPECTABILITY YET NEVER FOR MORE THAN A TWELVE MONTHS UNDER THE SAME ROOF THIS PECULIAR FEATURE OF MISTER JORDAN'S LIFE HAD MADE HIM A SUBJECT OF CONTINUAL INTEREST TO LOCAL LANDLADIES AMONG WHOM WERE SEVERAL LIFE LONG RESIDENTS ON FRIENDLY TERMS OF OLD TIME WITH THE JORDAN FAMILY TO THEM IT SEEMED AN ASTONISHING THING THAT A MAN IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES HAD NOT YET MARRIED GRANTING THIS ECCENTRICITY THEY COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT MADE HIM CHANGE HIS ABODE SO OFTEN
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