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Chapter 9. Little Mother

           ‘Suchlemonades!Suchoranges!Suchd’liciousbrothandwine!SuchChicking!Oh,AIN’Titadelightfulplacetogoandstopat!’

           ‘SoMaggystoppedthereaslongasshecould,’saidLittleDorrit,inherformertoneoftellingachild’sstory;thetonedesignedforMaggy’sear,‘andatlast,whenshecouldstoptherenolonger,shecameout.Then,becauseshewasnevertobemorethantenyearsold,howeverlongshelived—’

           ‘Howeverlongshelived,’echoedMaggy.

           ‘—Andbecauseshewasveryweak;indeedwassoweakthatwhenshebegantolaughshecouldn’tstopherself—whichwasagreatpity—’

           (Maggymightygraveofasudden.)

           ‘—Hergrandmotherdidnotknowwhattodowithher,andforsomeyearswasveryunkindtoherindeed.Atlength,incourseoftime,Maggybegantotakepainstoimproveherself,andtobeveryattentiveandveryindustrious;andbydegreeswasallowedtocomeinandoutasoftenassheliked,andgotenoughtodotosupportherself,anddoessupportherself.Andthat,’saidLittleDorrit,clappingthetwogreathandstogetheragain,‘isMaggy’shistory,asMaggyknows!’

           Ah!ButArthurwouldhaveknownwhatwaswantingtoitscompleteness,thoughhehadneverheardofthewordsLittlemother;thoughhehadneverseenthefondlingofthesmallsparehand;thoughhehadhadnosightforthetearsnowstandinginthecolourlesseyes;thoughhehadhadnohearingforthesobthatcheckedtheclumsylaugh

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