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Chapter 27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea

           

           ‘HesaysWhat!Andwhatismore,’exclaimedYoungJohn,surveyinghiminadolefulmaze,‘heappearstomeanit!Doyouseethiswindow,sir?’

           ‘OfcourseIseethiswindow.’

           ‘Seethisroom?’

           ‘Why,ofcourseIseethisroom.’

           ‘Thatwallopposite,andthatyarddownbelow?Theyhaveallbeenwitnessesofit,fromdaytoday,fromnighttonight,fromweektoweek,frommonthtomonth.ForhowoftenhaveIseenMissDorritherewhenshehasnotseenme!’

           ‘Witnessesofwhat?’saidClennam.

           ‘OfMissDorrit’slove.’

           ‘Forwhom?’

           ‘You,’saidJohn.Andtouchedhimwiththebackofhishanduponthebreast,andbackedtohischair,andsatdownonitwithapaleface,holdingthearms,andshakinghisheadathim.

           IfhehaddealtClennamaheavyblow,insteadoflayingthatlighttouchuponhim,itseffectcouldnothavebeentoshakehimmore.Hestoodamazed;hiseyeslookingatJohn;hislipsparted,andseemingnowandthentoformtheword‘Me!’withoututteringit;hishandsdroppedathissides;hiswholeappearancethatofamanwhohasbeenawakenedfromsleep,andstupefiedbyintelligencebeyondhisfullcomprehension.

           ‘Me!’heatlengthsaidaloud.

           ‘Ah!’groanedYoungJohn.‘You!’

           Hedidwhathecouldtomusterasmile,andreturned,‘Yourfancy.Youarecompletelymistaken.’

           ‘Imistaken,sir!’saidYoungJohn.‘Icompletelymistakenonthatsubject!No,MrClennam,don’ttellmeso.Onanyother,ifyoulike,forIdon’tsetuptobeapenetratingcharacter,andamwellawareofmyowndeficiencies.

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