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Even in the sadness of hope deferred, those ladies who had entertained him once, and speculated on his possible return, declared Mr. Jordan a 'thorough gentleman'. EVEN IN THE SADNESS OF HOPE DEFERRED THOSE LADIES WHO HAD ENTERTAINED HIM ONCE AND SPECULATED ON HIS POSSIBLE RETURN DECLARED MISTER JORDAN A THOROUGH GENTLEMAN
ual 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. 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. There was no accounting for it: it must be taken as an ultimate mystery of life, and made the most of as a perennial topic of neighbourly conversation. As to the desirability of having Mr. Jordan for a lodger there could be no difference of opinion among rational womankind. Mrs. Wiggins, indeed, had taken his sudden departure from her house so ill that she always spoke of him abusively; but who heeded Mrs. Wiggins?  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 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 THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTING FOR IT IT MUST BE TAKEN AS AN ULTIMATE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND MADE THE MOST OF AS A PERENNIAL TOPIC OF NEIGHBORLY CONVERSATION AS TO THE DESIRABILITY OF HAVING MISTER JORDAN FOR A LODGER THERE COULD BE NO DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG RATIONAL WOMANKIND MISSUS WIGGINS INDEED HAD TAKEN HIS SUDDEN DEPARTURE FROM HER HOUSE SO ILL THAT SHE ALWAYS SPOKE OF HIM ABUSIVELY BUT WHO HEEDED MISSUS WHIGGINS
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