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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. 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
ged his pace involuntarily slackened. While still some distance off, his eye sought out and distinguished the windows of the room in which Esther awaited him. Through the broken slats of the Venetian blinds he could see the yellow gaslight within. The parlour beneath was in darkness; his landlady had evidently gone to bed, there being no light over the hall-door either. In some apprehension he consulted his watch under the last street-lamp he passed, to find comfort in assuring himself it was only ten minutes after ten. He let himself in with his latch-key, hung up his hat and overcoat by the sense of touch, and, groping his way upstairs, opened the door of the first floor sitting-room. At the table in the centre of the room sat his wife, leaning upon her elbows, her two hands thrust up into her ruffled hair; spread out before her was a crumpled yesterday's newspaper, and so interested was she to all appearance in its contents that she neither spoke nor looked up as Willoughby entered. THE STREET IN WHICH HE LODGED HIS PACE INVOLUNTARILY SLACKENED WHILE SOME DISTANCE OFF HIS EYE SOUGHT OUT AND DISTINGUISHED THE WINDOWS OF THE ROOM IN WHICH ESTHER AWAITED HIM THROUGH THE BROKEN SLATS OF THE VENETIAN BLINDS HE COULD SEE THE YELLOW GASLIGHT WITHIN THE PARLOUR BENEATH WAS IN DARKNESS HIS LANDLADY HAD EVIDENTLY GONE TO BED THERE BEING NO LIGHT OVER THE HALL DOOR EITHER IN SOME APPREHENSION HE CONSULTED HIS WATCH UNDER THE LAST STREET LAMP HE PASSED TO FIND COMFORT IN ASSURING HIMSELF IT WAS ONLY TEN MINUTES AFTER TEN HE LET HIMSELF IN WITH HIS LATCHKEY HUNG UP HIS HAT AND OVERCOAT BY THE SENSE OF TOUCH AND GROPING HIS WAY UPSTAIRS OPENED THE DOOR OF THE FIRST FLOOR SITTING ROOM AT THE TABLE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM SAT HIS WIFE LEANING UPON HER ELBOWS HER TWO HANDS THRUST UP INTO HER RUFFLED HAIR SPREAD OUT BEFORE HER WAS A CRUMPLED YESTERDAY'S NEWSPAPER AND SO INTERESTED WAS SHE TO ALL APPEARANCE IN ITS CONTENTS THAT SHE NEITHER SPOKE NOR LOOKED UP AS WILLOUGHBY ENTERED
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