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Chapter 27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea

           Feelinglow-spiritedandweary,hewouldgobacktohisroom,withJohn’sleave,andcomeoutnomorethatnight.Johnassented,andhecreptbackintheshadowofthewalltohisownlodging.

           Thefeelingoftheblowwasstillsostronguponhimthat,whenthedirtyoldwomanwasgonewhomhefoundsittingonthestairsoutsidehisdoor,waitingtomakehisbed,andwhogavehimtounderstandwhiledoingit,thatshehadreceivedherinstructionsfromMrChivery,‘nottheold‘unbuttheyoung‘un,’hesatdowninthefadedarm-chair,pressinghisheadbetweenhishands,asifhehadbeenstunned.LittleDorritlovehim!Morebewilderingtohimthanhismisery,far.

           Considertheimprobability.Hehadbeenaccustomedtocallherhischild,andhisdearchild,andtoinviteherconfidencebydwellinguponthedifferenceintheirrespectiveages,andtospeakofhimselfasonewhowasturningold.Yetshemightnothavethoughthimold.Somethingremindedhimthathehadnotthoughthimselfso,untiltheroseshadfloatedawayupontheriver.

           Hehadhertwolettersamongotherpapersinhisbox,andhetookthemoutandreadthem.Thereseemedtobeasoundinthemlikethesoundofhersweetvoice.Itfelluponhisearwithmanytonesoftenderness,thatwerenotinsusceptibleofthenewmeaning.Nowitwasthatthequietdesolationofheranswer,‘No,No,No,’madetohimthatnightinthatveryroom—thatnightwhenhehadbeenshownthedawnofheralteredfortune,andwhenotherwordshadpassedbetweenthemwhichhehadbeendestinedtorememberinhumiliationandaprisoner,rushedintohismind.

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