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Chapter 18. Little Dorrit’s Lover

           Hersisterassertedthefamilygentilitybyfloutingthepoorswainasheloiteredabouttheprisonforglimpsesofhisdear.Tipassertedthefamilygentility,andhisown,bycomingoutinthecharacterofthearistocraticbrother,andloftilyswaggeringinthelittleskittlegroundrespectingseizuresbythescruffoftheneck,whichtherewereloomingprobabilitiesofsomegentlemanunknownexecutingonsomelittlepuppynotmentioned.ThesewerenottheonlymembersoftheDorritfamilywhoturnedittoaccount.No,no.TheFatheroftheMarshalseawassupposedtoknownothingaboutthematter,ofcourse:hispoordignitycouldnotseesolow.Buthetookthecigars,onSundays,andwasgladtogetthem;andsometimesevencondescendedtowalkupanddowntheyardwiththedonor(whowasproudandhopefulthen),andbenignantlytosmokeoneinhissociety.WithnolessreadinessandcondescensiondidhereceiveattentionsfromChiverySenior,whoalwaysrelinquishedhisarm-chairandnewspapertohim,whenhecameintotheLodgeduringoneofhisspellsofduty;andwhohadevenmentionedtohim,that,ifhewouldlikeatanytimeafterduskquietlytostepoutintothefore-courtandtakealookatthestreet,therewasnotmuchtopreventhim.Ifhedidnotavailhimselfofthislattercivility,itwasonlybecausehehadlosttherelishforit;inasmuchashetookeverythingelsehecouldget,andwouldsayattimes,‘Extremelycivilperson,Chivery;veryattentivemanandveryrespectful.YoungChivery,too;reallyalmostwithadelicateperceptionofone’spositionhere.

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