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Chapter 34. Gone

           AndtheywentintotheveryroomwhereLittleDorrithadslumberedafterherparty,tosigntheMarriageRegister.Andthere,MrPancks,(destinedtobechiefclerktoDoyceandClennam,andafterwardspartnerinthehouse),sinkingtheIncendiaryinthepeacefulfriend,lookedinatthedoortoseeitdone,withFloragallantlysupportedononearmandMaggyontheother,andaback-groundofJohnChiveryandfatherandotherturnkeyswhohadrunroundforthemoment,desertingtheparentMarshalseaforitshappychild.NorhadFloratheleastsignsofseclusionuponher,notwithstandingherrecentdeclaration;but,onthecontrary,waswonderfullysmart,andenjoyedtheceremoniesmightily,thoughinaflutteredway.

           LittleDorrit’soldfriendheldtheinkstandasshesignedhername,andtheclerkpausedintakingoffthegoodclergyman’ssurplice,andallthewitnesseslookedonwithspecialinterest.‘For,yousee,’saidLittleDorrit’soldfriend,‘thisyoungladyisoneofourcuriosities,andhascomenowtothethirdvolumeofourRegisters.HerbirthisinwhatIcallthefirstvolume;shelayasleep,onthisveryfloor,withherprettyheadonwhatIcallthesecondvolume;andshe’snowa-writingherlittlenameasabrideinwhatIcallthethirdvolume.’

           Theyallgaveplacewhenthesigningwasdone,andLittleDorritandherhusbandwalkedoutofthechurchalone.Theypausedforamomentonthestepsoftheportico,lookingatthefreshperspectiveofthestreetintheautumnmorningsun’sbrightrays,andthenwentdown.

           Wentdownintoamodestlifeofusefulnessandhappiness

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