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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           

           Quietlypursuinghertask,sheaskedFloraifMrClennamhadtoldherwhereshelived?WhenFlorarepliedinthenegative,LittleDorritsaidthatsheunderstoodwhyhehadbeensodelicate,butthatshefeltsurehewouldapproveofherconfidinghersecrettoFlora,andthatshewouldthereforedosonowwithFlora’spermission.Receivinganencouraginganswer,shecondensedthenarrativeofherlifeintoafewscantywordsaboutherselfandaglowingeulogyuponherfather;andFloratookitallinwithanaturaltendernessthatquiteunderstoodit,andinwhichtherewasnoincoherence.

           Whendinner-timecame,Floradrewthearmofhernewchargethroughhers,andledherdown-stairs,andpresentedhertothePatriarchandMrPancks,whowerealreadyinthedining-roomwaitingtobegin.(MrF.‘sAuntwas,forthetime,laidupinordinaryinherchamber.)Bythosegentlemenshewasreceivedaccordingtotheircharacters;thePatriarchappearingtodohersomeinestimableserviceinsayingthathewasgladtoseeher,gladtoseeher;andMrPancksblowingoffhisfavouritesoundasasalute.

           Inthatnewpresenceshewouldhavebeenbashfulenoughunderanycircumstances,andparticularlyunderFlora’sinsistingonherdrinkingaglassofwineandeatingofthebestthatwasthere;butherconstraintwasgreatlyincreasedbyMrPancks.Thedemeanourofthatgentlemanatfirstsuggestedtohermindthathemightbeatakeroflikenesses,sointentlydidhelookather,andsofrequentlydidheglanceatthelittlenote-bookbyhisside.

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