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Chapter 34. Gone

           Withtheaidofitscontent,anewspaper,andsomeskimmingofthecreamofthepie-stock,Floragotthroughtheremainderofthedayinperfectgoodhumour;thoughoccasionallyembarrassedbytheconsequencesofanidlerumourwhichcirculatedamongthecredulousinfantsoftheneighbourhood,totheeffectthatanoldladyhadsoldherselftothepie-shoptobemadeup,andwasthensittinginthepie-shopparlour,decliningtocompletehercontract.Thisattractedsomanyyoungpersonsofbothsexes,and,whentheshadesofeveningbegantofall,occasionedsomuchinterruptiontothebusiness,thatthemerchantbecameverypressinginhisproposalsthatMrF.‘sAuntshouldberemoved.Aconveyancewasaccordinglybroughttothedoor,which,bythejointeffortsofthemerchantandFlora,thisremarkablewomanwasatlastinducedtoenter;thoughnotwithouteventhenputtingherheadoutofthewindow,anddemandingtohavehim‘broughtfor’ard’forthepurposeoriginallymentioned.AsshewasobservedatthistimetodirectbalefulglancestowardstheMarshalsea,ithasbeensupposedthatthisadmirablyconsistentfemaleintendedby‘him,’ArthurClennam.This,however,ismerespeculation;whothepersonwas,who,forthesatisfactionofMrF.‘sAunt’smind,oughttohavebeenbroughtforwardandneverwasbroughtforward,willneverbepositivelyknown.

           Theautumndayswenton,andLittleDorritnevercametotheMarshalseanowandwentawaywithoutseeinghim.No,no,no.

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