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Chapter 14. Little Dorrit’s Party

           Inevershouldhavetouchedyou,butIthoughtthatyouwereachild.’Andwithastrange,wildcry,shewentaway.

           Nodayyetinthesky,buttherewasdayintheresoundingstonesofthestreets;inthewaggons,carts,andcoaches;intheworkersgoingtovariousoccupations;intheopeningofearlyshops;inthetrafficatmarkets;inthestiroftheriverside.Therewascomingdayintheflaringlights,withafeeblercolourinthemthantheywouldhavehadatanothertime;comingdayintheincreasedsharpnessoftheair,andtheghastlydyingofthenight.

           Theywentbackagaintothegate,intendingtowaittherenowuntilitshouldbeopened;buttheairwassorawandcoldthatLittleDorrit,leadingMaggyaboutinhersleep,keptinmotion.GoingroundbytheChurch,shesawlightsthere,andthedooropen;andwentupthestepsandlookedin.

           ‘Who’sthat?’criedastoutoldman,whowasputtingonanightcapasifheweregoingtobedinavault.

           ‘It’snooneparticular,sir,’saidLittleDorrit.

           ‘Stop!’criedtheman.‘Let’shavealookatyou!’

           Thiscausedhertoturnbackagainintheactofgoingout,andtopresentherselfandherchargebeforehim.

           ‘Ithoughtso!’saidhe.‘Iknowyou.’

           ‘Wehaveoftenseeneachother,’saidLittleDorrit,recognisingthesexton,orthebeadle,ortheverger,orwhateverhewas,‘whenIhavebeenatchurchhere.’

           ‘Morethanthat,we’vegotyourbirthinourRegister,youknow;you’reoneofourcuriosities.’

           ‘Indeed!’saidLittleDorrit.

           ‘Tobesure.

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