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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           whenheproposedtomeandyouwillbesurprisedtohearthatheproposedseventimesonceinahackney-coachonceinaboatonceinapewonceonadonkeyatTunbridgeWellsandtherestonhisknees,RomancewasfledwiththeearlydaysofArthurClennam,ourparentstoreusasunderwebecamemarbleandsternrealityusurpedthethrone,MrF.saidverymuchtohiscreditthathewasperfectlyawareofitandevenpreferredthatstateofthingsaccordinglythewordwasspokenthefiatwentforthandsuchislifeyouseemydearandyetwedonotbreakbutbend,praymakeagoodbreakfastwhileIgoinwiththetray.’

           Shedisappeared,leavingLittleDorrittoponderoverthemeaningofherscatteredwords.Shesooncamebackagain;andatlastbegantotakeherownbreakfast,talkingallthewhile.

           ‘Yousee,mydear,’saidFlora,measuringoutaspoonfulortwoofsomebrownliquidthatsmeltlikebrandy,andputtingitintohertea,‘IamobligedtobecarefultofollowthedirectionsofmymedicalmanthoughtheflavourisanythingbutagreeablebeingapoorcreatureanditmaybehaveneverrecoveredtheshockreceivedinyouthfromtoomuchgivingwaytocryinginthenextroomwhenseparatedfromArthur,haveyouknownhimlong?’

           AssoonasLittleDorritcomprehendedthatshehadbeenaskedthisquestion—forwhichtimewasnecessary,thegallopingpaceofhernewpatronesshavingleftherfarbehind—sheansweredthatshehadknownMrClennameversincehisreturn.

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