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This chapter has been quite similar to the Condensed edition of chapter 1, with lots of beautiful prose cut. Lots of description of the interior & exterior of the house is removed, including the lovely opening line of the chapter, which likens the house to a human face. Lots of this sort of character seems to have been the target of the editors, most likely because it could be removed without severely affecting the narrative itself. Easily the most interesting change was when Eleanor and Theodora meet, a paragraph has been shuffled around; while originally, Eleanor and Theodora discussed the room while Mrs. Dudley spoke, now Mrs. Dudley finishes speaking, leaves the room, and then Eleanor and Theodora discuss the decor. This section has been highlighted in purple. No human eye can isolate the unhappy coincidence of line and place which suggests evil in the face of a house, and yet somehow a maniac juxtaposition, a badly turned angle, some chance meeting of roof and