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He
replied
:
"
That
's
not
the
question
.
The
question
is
whether
an
illness
does
not
enable
you
to
discover
who
are
your
true
friends
.
"
I
said
such
an
observation
was
unworthy
of
him
.
To
make
matters
worse
,
in
came
Gowing
,
who
gave
Cummings
a
violent
slap
on
the
back
,
and
said
:
"
Hulloh
!
Have
you
seen
a
ghost
?
You
look
scared
to
death
,
like
Irving
in
Macbeth
.
"
I
said
:
"
Gently
,
Gowing
,
the
poor
fellow
has
been
very
ill
.
"
Gowing
roared
with
laughter
and
said
:
"
Yes
,
and
you
look
it
,
too
.
"
Cummings
quietly
said
:
"
Yes
,
and
I
feel
it
too
--
not
that
I
suppose
you
care
.
"
An
awkward
silence
followed
.
Gowing
said
:
"
Never
mind
,
Cummings
,
you
and
the
missis
come
round
to
my
place
tomorrow
,
and
it
will
cheer
you
up
a
bit
;
for
we
'll
open
a
bottle
of
wine
.
"
January
26
.
--
An
extraordinary
thing
happened
.
Carrie
and
I
went
round
to
Gowing
's
,
as
arranged
,
at
half-past
seven
.
We
knocked
and
rang
several
times
without
getting
an
answer
.
At
last
the
latch
was
drawn
and
the
door
opened
a
little
way
,
the
chain
still
being
up
.
A
man
in
shirt-sleeves
put
his
head
through
and
said
:
"
Who
is
it
?
What
do
you
want
?
"
I
said
:
"
Mr.
Gowing
,
he
is
expecting
us
.
"
The
man
said
(
as
well
as
I
could
hear
,
owing
to
the
yapping
of
a
little
dog
)
:
"
I
do
n't
think
he
is
.
Mr.
Gowing
is
not
at
home
.
"
I
said
:
"
He
will
be
in
directly
.
"
With
that
observation
he
slammed
the
door
,
leaving
Carrie
and
me
standing
on
the
steps
with
a
cutting
wind
blowing
round
the
corner
.
Carrie
advised
me
to
knock
again
.
I
did
so
,
and
then
discovered
for
the
first
time
that
the
knocker
had
been
newly
painted
,
and
the
paint
had
come
off
on
my
gloves
--
which
were
,
in
consequence
,
completely
spoiled
.
I
knocked
at
the
door
with
my
stick
two
or
three
times
.
The
man
opened
the
door
,
taking
the
chain
off
this
time
,
and
began
abusing
me
He
said
:
"
What
do
you
mean
by
scratching
the
paint
with
your
stick
like
that
,
spoiling
the
varnish
?
You
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
yourself
.
"
