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Chapter 31. Spirit

           ‘Idonothingbutbegandprayyoutobecomfortedandoverlookit.ButifIhadnotknownthatyouwerekindtotheoldmanyourself,andtookmuchnoticeofhim,andwerealwaysgladtoseehim,Iwouldnothavecomeherewithhim,father,Iwouldnot,indeed.WhatIhavebeensounhappyastodo,Ihavedoneinmistake.Iwouldnotwilfullybringateartoyoureyes,dearlove!’saidLittleDorrit,herheartwell-nighbroken,‘foranythingtheworldcouldgiveme,oranythingitcouldtakeaway.’

           Fanny,withapartlyangryandpartlyrepentantsob,begantocryherself,andtosay—asthisyoungladyalwayssaidwhenshewashalfinpassionandhalfoutofit,halfspitefulwithherselfandhalfspitefulwitheverybodyelse—thatshewishedsheweredead.

           TheFatheroftheMarshalseainthemeantimetookhisyoungerdaughtertohisbreast,andpattedherhead.

           ‘There,there!Saynomore,Amy,saynomore,mychild.IwillforgetitassoonasIcan.I,’withhystericalcheerfulness,‘I—shallsoonbeabletodismissit.Itisperfectlytrue,mydear,thatIamalwaysgladtoseemyoldpensioner—assuch,assuch—andthatIdo—ha—extendasmuchprotectionandkindnesstothe—hum—thebruisedreed—ItrustImaysocallhimwithoutimpropriety—asinmycircumstances,Ican.Itisquitetruethatthisisthecase,mydearchild.Atthesametime,Ipreserveindoingthis,ifImay—ha—ifImayusetheexpression—Spirit.BecomingSpirit.Andtherearesomethingswhichare,’hestoppedtosob,‘irreconcilablewiththat,andwoundthat—wounditdeeply.

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