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Chapter 29. A Plea in the Marshalsea

           ButwithwhatardentthankfulnessandloveIsaythis,ImaycallHeaventowitness!’

           ‘Andyetyouwillnotletmebefaithfultoyouinyouraffliction?’

           ‘Say,dearestLittleDorrit,andyetIwilltrytobefaithfultoyou.If,inthebygonedayswhenthiswasyourhomeandwhenthiswasyourdress,Ihadunderstoodmyself(Ispeakonlyofmyself)better,andhadreadthesecretsofmyownbreastmoredistinctly;if,throughmyreserveandself-mistrust,IhaddiscernedalightthatIseebrightlynowwhenithaspassedfaraway,andmyweakfootstepscanneverovertakeit;ifIhadthenknown,andtoldyouthatIlovedandhonouredyou,notasthepoorchildIusedtocallyou,butasawomanwhosetruehandwouldraisemehighabovemyselfandmakemeafarhappierandbetterman;ifIhadsousedtheopportunitythereisnorecalling—asIwishIhad,OIwishIhad!—andifsomethinghadkeptusapartthen,whenIwasmoderatelythriving,andwhenyouwerepoor;Imighthavemetyournobleofferofyourfortune,dearestgirl,withotherwordsthanthese,andstillhaveblushedtotouchit.But,asitis,Imustnevertouchit,never!’

           Shebesoughthim,morepatheticallyandearnestly,withherlittlesupplicatoryhand,thanshecouldhavedoneinanywords.

           ‘Iamdisgracedenough,myLittleDorrit.Imustnotdescendsolowasthat,andcarryyou—sodear,sogenerous,sogood—downwithme.GODblessyou,GODrewardyou!Itispast.’

           Hetookherinhisarms,asifshehadbeenhisdaughter.

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