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Chapter 9. Little Mother

           Howyoungsheseemedtohim,orhowoldhetoher;orwhatasecreteithertotheother,inthatbeginningofthedestinedinterweavingoftheirstories,mattersnothere.Hethoughtofherhavingbeenbornandbredamongthesescenes,andshrinkingthroughthemnow,familiaryetmisplaced;hethoughtofherlongacquaintancewiththesqualidneedsoflife,andofherinnocence;ofhersolicitudeforothers,andherfewyears,andherchildishaspect.

           TheywerecomeintotheHighStreet,wheretheprisonstood,whenavoicecried,‘Littlemother,littlemother!’LittleDorritstoppingandlookingback,anexcitedfigureofastrangekindbouncedagainstthem(stillcrying‘littlemother’),felldown,andscatteredthecontentsofalargebasket,filledwithpotatoes,inthemud.

           ‘Oh,Maggy,’saidLittleDorrit,‘whataclumsychildyouare!’

           Maggywasnothurt,butpickedherselfupimmediately,andthenbegantopickupthepotatoes,inwhichbothLittleDorritandArthurClennamhelped.Maggypickedupveryfewpotatoesandagreatquantityofmud;buttheywereallrecovered,anddepositedinthebasket.Maggythensmearedhermuddyfacewithhershawl,andpresentingittoMrClennamasatypeofpurity,enabledhimtoseewhatshewaslike.

           Shewasabouteight-and-twenty,withlargebones,largefeatures,largefeetandhands,largeeyesandnohair.Herlargeeyeswerelimpidandalmostcolourless;theyseemedtobeverylittleaffectedbylight,andtostandunnaturallystill.

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