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The meals were well cooked, well served. Mr. Jordan being her only lodger, she could devote to him an undivided attention. At the end of his first week the critical gentleman felt greater satisfaction than he had ever known. THE MEALS WERE WELL COOKED WELL SERVED MISTER JORDAN BEING HER ONLY LODGER SHE COULD DEVOTE TO HIM AN UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AT THE END OF HIS FIRST WEEK THE CRITICAL GENTLEMAN FELT GREATER SATISFACTION THAN HE HAD EVER KNOWN
rs. Hawker, I am paying your account with the addition of one week's rent. Your rooms will be vacant at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning.' And until the hour of departure no entreaty, no prostration, could induce him to utter a syllable. It was on the 1st of June, 1889, his forty-fifth birthday, that Mr. Jordan removed from quarters he had occupied for ten months, and became a lodger in the house of Mrs. Elderfield. Mrs. Elderfield, a widow, aged three-and-thirty, with one little girl, was but a casual resident in Islington; she knew nothing of Mr. Jordan, and made no inquiries about him. Strongly impressed, as every woman must needs be, by his air and tone of mild authority, she congratulated herself on the arrival of such an inmate; but no subservience appeared in her demeanour; she behaved with studious civility, nothing more. Her words were few and well chosen. Always neatly dressed, yet always busy, she moved about the house with quick, silent step, and cleanliness marked her path. ISSUS HAWKER I AM PAYING YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE WEEK'S RENT YOUR ROOMS WILL BE VACANT AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK TO MORROW MORNING AND UNTIL THE HOUR OF DEPARTURE NO ENTREATY NO PROSTRATION COULD INDUCE HIM TO UTTER A SYLLABLE IT WAS ON THE FIRST OF JUNE EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE HIS FORTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY THAT MISTER JORDAN REMOVED FROM QUARTERS HE HAD OCCUPIED FOR TEN MONTHS AND BECAME A LODGER IN THE HOUSE OF MISSUS ELDERFIELD MISSUS ELDERFIELD A WIDOW AGED THREE AND THIRTY WITH ONE LITTLE GIRL WAS BUT A CASUAL RESIDENT IN ISLINGTON SHE KNEW NOTHING OF MISSUS JORDAN AND MADE NO INQUIRIES ABOUT HIM STRONGLY IMPRESSED AS EVERY WOMAN MUST NEEDS BE BY HIS AIR AND TONE OF MILD AUTHORITY SHE CONGRATULATED HERSELF ON THE ARRIVAL OF SUCH AN INMATE THAT NO SUBSERVIENCE APPEARED IN HER DEMEANOUR SHE BEHAVED WITH STUDIOUS CIVILITY NOTHING MORE HER WORDS WERE FEW AND WELL CHOSEN ALWAYS NEATLY DRESSED YET ALWAYS BUSY SHE MOVED ABOUT THE HOUSE WITH QUICK SILENT STEP AND CLEANLINESS MARKED HER PATH
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