[The Nether World by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Nether World CHAPTER VII 26/27
He resisted it, knowing that the result would only be a night of sleepless anger and misery. The next day he again saw Snowdon, and spoke to him of Mrs.Byass's rooms.
The old man seemed at first indisposed to go so far; but when he had seen the interior of the house and talked with the landlady, his objections disappeared.
Before another week had passed the two rooms were furnished in the simplest possible way, and Snowdon brought Jane from Clerkenwell Close. Kirkwood came by invitation as soon as the two were fairly established in their home.
He found Jane sitting by the fire in her grandfather's room; a very little exertion still out-wearied her, and the strange things that had come to pass had made her habitually silent.
She looked about her wonderingly, seemed unable to realise her position, was painfully conscious of her new clothes, ever and again started as if in fear. 'Well, what did I say that night ?' was Sidney's greeting.
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