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Chapter 33. Going!

           ‘ThenearertoEnglandIfollowhim,yousee,Mother,’arguedMrMeagles,‘thenearerIamlikelytocometothepapers,whethertheyturnuporno.BecauseitisonlyreasonabletoconcludethathewoulddepositthemsomewherewheretheywouldbesafefrompeopleoverinEngland,andwheretheywouldyetbeaccessibletohimself,don’tyousee?’

           AtParisMrMeaglesfoundaletterfromLittleDorrit,lyingwaitingforhim;inwhichshementionedthatshehadbeenabletotalkforaminuteortwowithMrClennamaboutthismanwhowasnomore;andthatwhenshetoldMrClennamthathisfriendMrMeagles,whowasonhiswaytoseehim,hadaninterestinascertainingsomethingaboutthemanifhecould,hehadaskedhertotellMrMeaglesthathehadbeenknowntoMissWade,thenlivinginsuchastreetatCalais.‘Oho!’saidMrMeagles.

           AssoonafterwardsasmightbeinthoseDiligencedays,MrMeaglesrangthecrackedbellatthecrackedgate,anditjarredopen,andthepeasant-womanstoodinthedarkdoorway,saying,‘Ice-say!Seer!Who?’Inacknowledgmentofwhoseaddress,MrMeaglesmurmuredtohimselfthattherewassomesenseabouttheseCalaispeople,whoreallydidknowsomethingofwhatyouandthemselveswereupto;andreturned,‘MissWade,mydear.’HewasthenshownintothepresenceofMissWade.

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