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Chapter 9. Little Mother

           Mendicityoncommissionstoopedintheirhighshoulders,shambledintheirunsteadylegs,buttonedandpinnedanddarnedanddraggedtheirclothes,frayedtheirbutton-holes,leakedoutoftheirfiguresindirtylittleendsoftape,andissuedfromtheirmouthsinalcoholicbreathings.

           Asthesepeoplepassedhimstandingstillinthecourt-yard,andoneofthemturnedbacktoinquireifhecouldassisthimwithhisservices,itcameintoArthurClennam’smindthathewouldspeaktoLittleDorritagainbeforehewentaway.Shewouldhaverecoveredherfirstsurprise,andmightfeeleasierwithhim.Heaskedthismemberofthefraternity(whohadtworedherringsinhishand,andaloafandablackingbrushunderhisarm),wherewasthenearestplacetogetacupofcoffeeat.Thenondescriptrepliedinencouragingterms,andbroughthimtoacoffee-shopinthestreetwithinastone’sthrow.

           ‘DoyouknowMissDorrit?’askedthenewclient.

           ThenondescriptknewtwoMissDorrits;onewhowasborninside—Thatwastheone!Thatwastheone?Thenondescripthadknownhermanyyears.InregardoftheotherMissDorrit,thenondescriptlodgedinthesamehousewithherselfanduncle.

           Thischangedtheclient’shalf-formeddesignofremainingatthecoffee-shopuntilthenondescriptshouldbringhimwordthatDorrithadissuedforthintothestreet.

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