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Chapter 30. Closing in

           IdidwhatIwasappointedtodo,andIhaveundergone,withinthesefourwalls,whatIwasappointedtoundergo.Whenthepaperwasatlastdestroyed—asIthought—inmypresence,shehadlongbeendead,andherpatron,FrederickDorrit,hadlongbeendeservedlyruinedandimbecile.Hehadnodaughter.Ihadfoundtheniecebeforethen;andwhatIdidforher,wasbetterforherfarthanthemoneyofwhichshewouldhavehadnogood.’Sheadded,afteramoment,asthoughsheaddressedthewatch:‘Sheherselfwasinnocent,andImightnothaveforgottentorelinquishittoheratmydeath:’andsatlookingatit.

           ‘ShallIrecallsomethingtoyou,worthymadame?’saidRigaud.‘Thelittlepaperwasinthishouseonthenightwhenourfriendtheprisoner—jail-comradeofmysoul—camehomefromforeigncountries.ShallIrecallyetsomethingmoretoyou?Thelittlesinging-birdthatneverwasfledged,waslongkeptinacagebyaguardianofyourappointing,wellenoughknowntoouroldintriguerhere.Shallwecoaxouroldintriguertotelluswhenhesawhimlast?’

           ‘I’lltellyou!’criedAffery,unstoppinghermouth.‘Idreamedit,firstofallmydreams.

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