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Chapter 7. The Child of the Marshalsea

           

           Butthatwaslongafterwards,whenhisgod-daughterwaspastsixteen.Thefirsthalfofthatspaceofherlifewasonlyjustaccomplished,whenherpitifulandplaintivelooksawherfatherawidower.Fromthattimetheprotectionthatherwonderingeyeshadexpressedtowardshim,becameembodiedinaction,andtheChildoftheMarshalseatookuponherselfanewrelationtowardstheFather.

           Atfirst,suchababycoulddolittlemorethansitwithhim,desertingherlivelierplacebythehighfender,andquietlywatchinghim.Butthismadehersofarnecessarytohimthathebecameaccustomedtoher,andbegantobesensibleofmissingherwhenshewasnotthere.Throughthislittlegate,shepassedoutofchildhoodintothecare-ladenworld.

           Whatherpitifullooksaw,atthatearlytime,inherfather,inhersister,inherbrother,inthejail;howmuch,orhowlittleofthewretchedtruthitpleasedGodtomakevisibletoher;lieshiddenwithmanymysteries.Itisenoughthatshewasinspiredtobesomethingwhichwasnotwhattherestwere,andtobethatsomething,differentandlaborious,forthesakeoftherest.Inspired?Yes.

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