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No sooner did he detect a sign of this than he made up his mind to move. It gave him the keenest pleasure of which he was capable when, on abruptly announcing his immediate departure, he perceived the landlady's profound mortification. NO SOONER DID HE DETECT A SIGN OF THIS THAN HE MADE UP HIS MIND TO MOVE IT GAVE HIM THE KEENEST PLEASURE OF WHICH HE WAS CAPABLE WHEN ON ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCING HIS IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE HE PERCEIVED THE LANDLADY'S PROFOUND MORTIFICATION
s faithfully carried out. Moreover, he knew for the first time in his life the comfort of absolutely clean rooms. The best of his landladies hitherto had not risen above that conception of cleanliness which is relative to London soot and fog. His palate, too, was receiving an education. Probably he had never eaten of a joint rightly cooked, or tasted a potato boiled as it should be; more often than not, the food set before him had undergone a process which left it masticable indeed, but void of savour and nourishment. Many little attentions of which he had never dreamed kept him in a wondering cheerfulness. And at length he said to himself: 'Here I shall stay.' Not that his constant removals had been solely due to discomfort and a hope of better things. The secret--perhaps not entirely revealed even to himself--lay in Mr. Jordan's sense of his own importance, and his uneasiness whenever he felt that, in the eyes of a landlady, he was becoming a mere everyday person--an ordinary lodger. ALLEST INSTRUCTION WAS FAITHFULLY CARRIED OUT MOREOVER HE KNEW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE THE COMFORT OF ABSOLUTELY CLEAN ROOMS THE BEST OF HIS LANDLADIES HITHERTO HAD NOT RISEN ABOVE THAT CONCEPTION OF CLEANLINESS WHICH IS RELATIVE TO LONDON SOOT AND FOG HIS PALATE TOO WAS RECEIVING AN EDUCATION PROBABLY HE HAD NEVER EATEN OF A JOINT RIGHTLY COOKED OR TASTED A POTATO BOILED AS IT SHOULD BE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE FOOD SET BEFORE HIM HAD UNDERGONE A PROCESS WHICH LEFT IT MYSTICABLE INDEED BUT VOID OF SAVOUR AND NOURISHMENT MANY LITTLE ATTENTIONS OF WHICH HE HAD NEVER DREAMED KEPT HIM IN A WONDERING CHEERFULNESS AND AT LENGTH HE SAID TO HIMSELF HERE I SHALL STAY NOT THAT HIS CONSTANT REMOVALS HAD BEEN SOLELY DUE TO DISCOMFORT AND A HOPE OF BETTER THINGS THE SECRET PERHAPS NOT ENTIRELY REVEALED EVEN TO HIMSELF LAY IN MISTER JORDAN'S SENSE OF HIS OWN IMPORTANCE AND HIS UNEASINESS WHENEVER HE FELT THAT IN THE EYES OF A LANDLADY HE WAS BECOMING A MERE EVERY DAY PERSON AN ORDINARY LODGER
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