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Chapter 9. Little Mother

           Heentrustedthenondescriptwithaconfidentialmessagetoher,importingthatthevisitorwhohadwaitedonherfatherlastnight,beggedthefavourofafewwordswithheratheruncle’slodging;heobtainedfromthesamesourcefulldirectionstothehouse,whichwasverynear;dismissedthenondescriptgratifiedwithhalf-a-crown;andhavinghastilyrefreshedhimselfatthecoffee-shop,repairedwithallspeedtotheclarionet-player’sdwelling.

           Thereweresomanylodgersinthishousethatthedoorpostseemedtobeasfullofbell-handlesasacathedralorganisofstops.Doubtfulwhichmightbetheclarionet-stop,hewasconsideringthepoint,whenashuttlecockflewoutoftheparlourwindow,andalightedonhishat.Hethenobservedthatintheparlourwindowwasablindwiththeinscription,MRCRIPPLES’sACADEMY;alsoinanotherline,EVENINGTUITION;andbehindtheblindwasalittlewhite-facedboy,withasliceofbread-and-butterandabattledore.Thewindowbeingaccessiblefromthefootway,helookedinovertheblind,returnedtheshuttlecock,andputhisquestion.

           ‘Dorrit?’saidthelittlewhite-facedboy(MasterCripplesinfact).‘MrDorrit?Thirdbellandoneknock.’

           ThepupilsofMrCripplesappearedtohavebeenmakingacopy-bookofthestreet-door,itwassoextensivelyscribbledoverinpencil.Thefrequencyoftheinscriptions,‘OldDorrit,’and‘DirtyDick,’incombination,suggestedintentionsofpersonalityonthepartOfMrCripples’spupils.Therewasampletimetomaketheseobservationsbeforethedoorwasopenedbythepooroldmanhimself.

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