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Chapter 9. Little Mother

           Hemadeapretenceofhavingmislaidhiswalking-stick,togivehertimetosetthebedsteadright,toanswerhersister’simpatientknockatthewall,andtosayawordsoftlytoheruncle.Thenhefoundit,andtheywentdown-stairs;shefirst,hefollowing;theunclestandingatthestair-head,andprobablyforgettingthembeforetheyhadreachedthegroundfloor.

           MrCripples’spupils,whowerebythistimecomingtoschool,desistedfromtheirmorningrecreationofcuffingoneanotherwithbagsandbooks,tostarewithalltheeyestheyhadatastrangerwhohadbeentoseeDirtyDick.Theyborethetryingspectacleinsilence,untilthemysteriousvisitorwasatasafedistance;whentheyburstintopebblesandyells,andlikewiseintorevilingdances,andinallrespectsburiedthepipeofpeacewithsomanysavageceremonies,that,ifMrCrippleshadbeenthechiefoftheCripplewaybootribewithhiswar-painton,theycouldscarcelyhavedonegreaterjusticetotheireducation.

           Inthemidstofthishomage,MrArthurClennamofferedhisarmtoLittleDorrit,andLittleDorrittookit.‘WillyougobytheIronBridge,’saidhe,‘wherethereisanescapefromthenoiseofthestreet?’LittleDorritanswered,ifhepleased,andpresentlyventuredtohopethathewould‘notmind’MrCripples’sboys,forshehadherselfreceivedhereducation,suchasitwas,inMrCripples’seveningacademy.Hereturned,withthebestwillintheworld,thatMrCripples’sboyswereforgivenoutofthebottomofhissoul.

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