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Some things had been turned over and others had gone, plainly. All Melier's clothes were gone. SOME THINGS HAD BEEN TURNED OVER AND OTHERS HAD GONE PLAINLY ALL MANYER'S CLOTHES WERE GONE
ment, and to make him understand that she was sick of both. Once, exasperated by his quietness, she struck at him, and for a moment he was another man. 'Don't do that, Melier,' he said, 'else I might forget myself.' His manner surprised his wife: and it was such that she never did do that again. So was Bob Jennings: without a friend in the world, except his sister, who chid him, and the children, who squalled at him: when his wife vanished with the lodger, the clock, a shade of wax flowers, Bob's best boots (which fitted the lodger), and his silver watch. Bob had returned, as usual, to the dirt and the children, and it was only when he struck a light that he found the clock was gone. 'Mummy tooked ve t'ock,' said Milly, the eldest child, who had followed him in from the door, and now gravely observed his movements. 'She tooked ve t'ock an' went ta-ta. An' she tooked ve fyowers.' Bob lit the paraffin lamp with the green glass reservoir, and carried it and its evil smell about the house. NLY TO EXPRESS HER CONTEMPT FOR HIM AND HIS ESTABLISHMENT AND TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS SICK OF BOTH ONCE EXASPERATED BY HIS QUIETNESS SHE STRUCK AT HIM AND FOR A MOMENT HE WAS ANOTHER MAN DON'T DO THAT MILIE HE SAID ELSE I MIGHT FORGET MESELF HIS MANNER SURPRISED HIS WIFE AND IT WAS SUCH THAT SHE NEVER DID DO THAT AGAIN SO WAS BOB JENNINGS WITHOUT A FRIEND IN THE WORLD EXCEPT HIS SISTER WHO CHID HIM AND THE CHILDREN WHO SQUALLED AT HIM WHEN HIS WIFE VANISHED WITH THE LODGER THE CLOCK A SHADE OF WAX FLOWERS BOB'S BEST BOOTS WHICH FITTED THE LODGER AND HIS SILVER WATCH BOB HAD RETURNED AS USUAL TO THE DIRT AND THE CHILDREN AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE STRUCK A LIGHT THAT HE FOUND THE CLOCK WAS GONE MUMMY TUCKT OF TOK SAID MILLY THE ELDEST CHILD WHO HAD FOLLOWED HIM IN FROM THE DOOR AND NOW GRAVELY OBSERVED HIS MOVEMENTS SHE TOOK FOR TOK AND WENT TO TAR AND SHE TOOK FOR FLOWERS BOB LIT THE PARAFFIN LAMP WITH THE GREEN GLASS RESERVOIR AND CARRIED IT AND ITS EVIL SMELL ABOUT THE HOUSE
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