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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           Everydayfoundhersomethingmoreretiringthanthedaybefore.Topassinandoutoftheprisonunnoticed,andelsewheretobeoverlookedandforgotten,were,forherself,herchiefdesires.

           Toherownroomtoo,strangelyassortedroomforherdelicateyouthandcharacter,shewasgladtoretreatasoftenasshecouldwithoutdesertionofanyduty.Therewereafternoontimeswhenshewasunemployed,whenvisitorsdroppedintoplayahandatcardswithherfather,whenshecouldbesparedandwasbetteraway.Thenshewouldflitalongtheyard,climbthescoresofstairsthatledtoherroom,andtakeherseatatthewindow.Manycombinationsdidthosespikesuponthewallassume,manylightshapesdidthestrongironweaveitselfinto,manygoldentouchesfellupontherust,whileLittleDorritsattheremusing.Newzig-zagssprungintothecruelpatternsometimes,whenshesawitthroughaburstoftears;butbeautifiedorhardenedstill,alwaysoveritandunderitandthroughit,shewasfaintolookinhersolitude,seeingeverythingwiththatineffaceablebrand.

           Agarret,andaMarshalseagarretwithoutcompromise,wasLittleDorrit’sroom.Beautifullykept,itwasuglyinitself,andhadlittlebutcleanlinessandairtosetitoff;forwhatembellishmentshehadeverbeenabletobuy,hadgonetoherfather’sroom.Howbeit,forthispoorplacesheshowedanincreasinglove;andtositinitalonebecameherfavouriterest.

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