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Chapter 33. Going!

           Hewasstillabroad;butshehadwrittentohimthroughhisdaughter,immediatelyafterfirstseeingArthurintheMarshalseaandsince,confidingheruneasinesstohimonthepointsonwhichshewasmostanxious,butespeciallyonone.Tothatone,thecontinuedabsenceofMrMeaglesabroad,insteadofhiscomfortingpresenceintheMarshalsea,wasreferable.

           WithoutdisclosingtheprecisenatureofthedocumentsthathadfallenintoRigaud’shands,LittleDorrithadconfidedthegeneraloutlineofthatstorytoMrMeagles,towhomshehadalsorecountedhisfate.TheoldcautioushabitsofthescalesandscoopatonceshowedMrMeaglestheimportanceofrecoveringtheoriginalpapers;whereforehewrotebacktoLittleDorrit,stronglyconfirmingherinthesolicitudesheexpressedonthathead,andaddingthathewouldnotcomeovertoEngland‘withoutmakingsomeattempttotracethemout.’

           BythistimeMrHenryGowanhadmadeuphismindthatitwouldbeagreeabletohimnottoknowtheMeagleses.Hewassoconsiderateastolaynoinjunctionsonhiswifeinthatparticular;buthementionedtoMrMeaglesthatpersonallytheydidnotappeartohimtogetontogether,andthathethoughtitwouldbeagoodthingif—politely,andwithoutanyscene,oranythingofthatsort—theyagreedthattheywerethebestfellowsintheworld,butwerebestapart.

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